Ampullary carcinomas represent a group of heterogeneous tumors that can be histologically divided into two subtypes with distinct pathogenic and clinical characteristics. Yachida et al. (2016) and Gingras et al. (2016) now report the genomic landscape of ampullary carcinoma, providing insights into molecular drivers with clinical implications for diagnosis and therapeutics.
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