the number of desmosomes per cell perimeter was significantly reduced in cancer cells ( 8.9 +/- 3.4/cell ) , as compared with normal esophageal epithelia ( 21.0 +/- 2.6/cell ) , especially in epidermoid carcinoma invading as thin irregular cords of cells or with metastasis to lymph nodes ( 7.8 +/- 3.1/cell ) and distant organs ( 4.8 +/- 4.3 ) .
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