Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 5 , Pages 1573-1576 , November 2009

Genome-Wide Association Study in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Adam J. Bass

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts and Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to Adam J, Bass, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115
    • ,
  • Matthew Meyerson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts and Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.026

Gastroenterology
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