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*The name comes from the shape of cells. They look like signet rings that are lying flat on the ground and one is looking from above - see microscopic section. | *The name comes from the shape of cells. They look like signet rings that are lying flat on the ground and one is looking from above - see microscopic section. | ||
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It may arise from the:<ref>URL: [http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer]. Accessed on: 7 March 2012.</ref> | It may arise from the:<ref>URL: [http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-questions/what-is-a-signet-cell-cancer]. Accessed on: 7 March 2012.</ref> | ||
*[[Esophagus]] >50% signet ring cells.<ref>URL: [https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01824966 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01824966]. Accessed on: April 23, 2022.</ref> | *[[Esophagus]]. | ||
**>50% signet ring cells - as per a study definition.<ref>URL: [https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01824966 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01824966]. Accessed on: April 23, 2022.</ref> | |||
*[[Stomach]]. | *[[Stomach]]. | ||
*[[Small intestine]] | *[[Small intestine]] | ||