Molecular aspects of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma carcinogenesis Aspectos moleculares da carcinogênese do carcinoma epidermóide do esôfago

BACKGROUND: The development of human esophageal cancer is a multistep, progressive process. An early indicator of this process is an increased proliferation of esophageal epithelial cells morphologically including basal cell hyperplasia, dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and advanced esophageal squamous...

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Main Authors: Dárcio Matenhauer Lehrbach, Marcelo Eidi Nita, Ivan Cecconello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2003-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032003000400011