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Infrequent replication errors at microsatellite loci in tumors of patients with multiple primary cancers of the esophagus and various other tissues.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Jun 1995
Shimada M, Horii A, Sasaki S, Yanagisawa A, Kato Y, Yamashita K, Okagawa K, Yamasaki K, Ishiguro S, Inoue M
Abstract excerpt
Patients with esophageal cancer are at high risk of developing other primary tumors, especially squamous cell carcinoma in the head and neck. Heavy smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol are considered to be crucial environmental risk-factors for development of these multiple primary cancers. To investigate whether any genetic background, such as defects in the DNA-mismatch repair system, may influence the...
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