articleNatureJan 1, 2017HYBRID OA

Integrated genomic characterization of oesophageal carcinoma

YS Young Soo ParkJKJihun Kim RC Rebecca CarlsenRB Reanne BowlbyMA Marco A. Marra

University of Ulsan · Pusan National University · +81 more institutions

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Abstract

Oesophageal cancers are prominent worldwide; however, there are few targeted therapies and survival rates for these cancers remain dismal. Here we performed a comprehensive molecular analysis of 164 carcinomas of the oesophagus derived from Western and Eastern populations. Beyond known histopathological and epidemiologic distinctions, molecular features differentiated oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas from oesophageal adenocarcinomas. Oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas resembled squamous carcinomas of other organs more than they did oesophageal adenocarcinomas. Our analyses identified three molecular subclasses of oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas, but none showed evidence for an aetiological role of…

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  • YS
     Young Soo ParkCorresponding

    University of Ulsan, Pusan National University

  • JK
    Jihun Kim 

    Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, University of Ulsan, Broad Institute

  • RC
     Rebecca Carlsen

    Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency

  • RB
     Reanne Bowlby

    Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency

  • MA
     Marco A. Marra

    BC Cancer Agency, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre

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Keywords
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Cancer research
  • Esophagus
  • Pathology
  • Cancer
  • Cell of origin
  • Biology
  • Carcinoma
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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