简介:Esophagealcancerhasbeenreportedastheninthmostcommonmalignancyandranksasthesixthmostfrequentcauseofdeathworldwide.Esophagealcancertreatmentinvolvessurgery,chemotherapy,radiationtherapy,orcombinationtherapy.Novelstrategiesareneededtoboosttheoncologicoutcome.Recentadvancesinthemolecularbiologyofesophagealcancerhavedocumentedtheroleofgeneticalterationsintumorigenesis.Oncogenesserveapivotalfunctionintumorigenesis.Targetedtherapiesaredirectedattheuniquemolecularsignatureofcancercellsforenhancedefficacywithlowtoxicity.RNAinterference(RNAi)technologyisapowerfultoolforsilencingendogenousorexogenousgenesinmammaliancells.RelatedresultshaveshownthattargetingoncogeneswithsiRNAs,specificallythemRNA,effectivelyreducestumorcellproliferationandinducesapoptoticcelldeath.Thisarticlewillbrieflyreviewstudiesonsilencingtumorenhancergenesrelatedtotheinductionofesophagealcancer.