Gene analysis could allow the risk determination for esophageal cancer
Thursday, December 31, 2015 - 17:31
in Biology & Nature
A genetic modification in the mucous membrane of the esophagus, the Barrett esophagus, can lead to esophageal cancer. If certain biomarkers are contained in these tissue alterations, so-called miDNA, these are extremely short DNA strands, it could be an indication that this preliminary stage of esophageal cancer indeed leads to cancer, scientists have discovered.