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Molecular pathology and potential therapeutic targets in esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 1 Jan 2015
Saito Tsuyoshi, Mitomi Hiroyuki, Yao Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) is a rare and poorly differentiated variant of typical squamous cell carcinoma. Emerging studies show that genetic alterations are more frequent in BSCC than in conventional SCC, and some of which led to the identification of potential therapeutic targets in esophageal BSCC. Approximately half of the esophageal BSCC cases harbor either an EGFR mutation or amplification, and...
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