“…Earlier reports have identified multiple abnormal regions in ESCC, including amplifications at 1p34, 3q, 5p, 7p12, 8q, 11q13, 12p, 17q12, and 22q as well as deletions at 2q, 3p, 4q, 5q13-q21, 9p21.3, and 13q (5,7,8,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). Our study further narrowed these altered chromosome regions and identified candidate amplification-or homozygous deletion-associated genes.…”