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Causation of Borrmann type 4 gastric cancer: heritable factors or environmental factors?
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Jan 2003
Liu Ying, Yoshimura Kimio, Yamaguchi Naohito, Shinmura Kazuya, Yokota Jun, Katai Hitoshi
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BACKGROUND: the prognosis of borrmann type 4 gastric cancer remains poor today. the relative contributions of genetic factors and nongenetic factors to type 4 gastric cancer are unclear. the study of family history and spousal history of cancer may play an important role in the assessment of causation of this severe gastric cancer. METHODS: during the period 1995-1997, 1118 consecutive patients with...
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