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Human solid tumors are often characterized by an abnormal cellular DNA content, as evidenced by recent studies utilizing flow cytometry (FC). These studies have confirmed that relative cellular DNA content can be a conclusive marker of malignancy and can be used to describe tumor cell heterogeneity in terms of ploidy levels, occurrence of multiclonality and proliferative patterns [1–3]. In our laboratory, where FC is routinely performed on specimens from different tumors, we obtained an aneuploidy value of 79% for over 350 cases [4].
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Moraldi, A. et al. (1988). Flow Cytometry in Cancer of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia: Preliminary Observations. In: Siewert, J.R., Hölscher, A.H. (eds) Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86432-2_20
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