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Evolution and progression of Barrett's oesophagus to oesophageal cancer.
Nature reviews. Cancer - 1 Nov 2021
Killcoyne Sarah, Fitzgerald Rebecca C
Abstract excerpt
Cancer cells are shaped through an evolutionary process of DNA mutation, cell selection and population expansion. Early steps in this process are driven by a set of mutated driver genes and structural alterations to the genome through copy number gains or losses. Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and the pre-invasive tissue, Barrett's oesophagus (BE), provide an ideal example in which to observe and study this...
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