Oesophageal carcinoma ranks among the ten most frequent cancers worldwide. The special growing site and malignant nature make it difficult to be completely treated by surgical operation and radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Discovery of new therapeutic targets responsible for the rapid proliferation of oesophageal carcinoma cells could help to treat this disease.
Institute of Neuroscience, Institute for Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Neural Signal Transduction, Shanghai 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China.