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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Oct 5;7(11):620–628. doi: 10.1038/nrgastro.2010.153

Table 1.

More promising molecular biomarkers for esophageal neoplasia. These potential biomarkers are currently under investigation.

Tumor Biomarker Category
Squamous cell carcinoma None
Adenocarcinoma aneuploidy/increased tetraploidy Progression
17pLOH (p53) Progression
panel of aneuploidy/increased tetraploidy, 17pLOH, & 9pLOH (p16) Progression
Methylation-based gene panel Progression