Title Absence of Epstein-Barr virus in oesophageal squamous cellcarcinoma

Aim-To identify the possible role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), in Chinese patients, in the pathogenesis of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods-Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissues from 74 cases of oesophagealsquamous cellcarcinoma (28 with well differentiated, 27 with moderately differentiated and 18 with poorly differentiated carcinomas) were analysed for EBV using in situ hybridisation for EBV