Genetic alterations in esophageal cancer and their relevance to etiology and pathogenesis: a review.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960621)69:3<225::AID-IJC13>3.0.CO;2-6

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Genetic alterations in esophageal cancer and their relevance to etiology and pathogenesis: a review.

International journal of cancer - 21 Jun 1996

Montesano R, Hollstein M, Hainaut P

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Cancer of the esophagus exists in 2 main forms with different etiological and pathological characteristics-squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (ADC). This review focuses on the occurrence of genetic alterations in SSC and ADC of the esophagus and on their possible implications for th...

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Adenocarcinoma
Alleles
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Chromosome Aberrations
Esophageal Neoplasms
Gene Deletion
Humans

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