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A molecular analysis of human oesophageal cancers reveals abnormalities that might be targetable by existing drugs, and indicates that the current stratification of these tumours into subtypes is incomplete. See Article p.169

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Peyser, N., Grandis, J. Spot the difference. Nature 541, 162–163 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21112

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