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Early‐onset gastric carcinomas display molecular characteristics distinct from gastric carcinomas occurring at a later age
8 Jul 2004
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer is thought to result from a combination of environmental factors and accumulation of specific genetic alterations, and consequently mainly affects older patients (>50 years of age). Fewer than 10% of patients present with the disease before 45 years of age and these young patients are thought to develop carcinomas with a different molecular genetic profile from that of sporadic carcinomas occurring...
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