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Pathology of Oesophageal Cancer and Gastric Cancer

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Squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and small cell carcinoma comprise the three most frequent histological subtypes of primary carcinomas arising in the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract [1, 2]. The two former subtypes, which account for the majority, are described in more detail.

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  1. Cellular Pathology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

    Nilu Wijesuriya

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  1. Division of Imaging Sciences, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

    Teresa Szyszko

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Wijesuriya, N. (2016). Pathology of Oesophageal Cancer and Gastric Cancer. In: Szyszko, T. (eds) PET/CT in Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer. Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29240-3_2

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