Barrett’s oesophagus is thought to be a precursor lesion for oesophageal cancer, and predicting the benign lesions that progress to cancer is clinically important. Here, the authors use FISH to study the clonal evolution of Barrett’s oesophagus and show that genetic diversity and somatic mutations are present early in the benign disease.
- Pierre Martinez
- Margriet R. Timmer
- Kausilia K Krishnadath
