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RESULTS: DNA aneuploidy was present in 14 (31%) of the 45 cases. However, the DNA content did not correlate significantly with the age, sex, or survival of the patients, nor the length, location, differentiation and MIB-1 labelling index of the oesophageal carcinomas. The synthetic (S) phase fraction of diploid tumours bore no relation to the patients' survival or MIB-1 score. CONCLUSIONS: Flow cytometry was not as useful as the MIB-1 labelling index in predicting the biological characteristics of the tumours and the prognosis of patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas. 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