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Abstract
A carcinoma that originates usually from cells on the surface of the middle and lower third of the ESOPHAGUS. Tumor cells exhibit typical squamous morphology and form large polypoid lesions. Mutations in RNF6, LZTS1, TGFBR2, DEC1, and WWOX1 genes are associated with this cancer.
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- Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate with ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS
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2019 (2012)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077277. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077277
- Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108442577