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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
Advances in cancer research - 1 Jan 2001
Dunbier A, Guilford P
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is a cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germline mutation of the gene for the cell-to-cell adhesion protein E-cadherin. The syndrome is dominated by predisposition to the histologically diffuse, poorly differentiated form of gastric cancer. It is not associated with intestinal-type gastric cancer, but families may have an elevated risk of lobular breast cancer. Here,...
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