Genetics of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: progress and future challenges.

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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is a rare cancer susceptibility syndrome. One third of HDGC syndrome families carry germline mutations of the E-cadherin gene. Owing to the limitation of the current endoscopic screening techniques and since no chemoprevention is yet available, total prophylactic gastrectomy is the only option offered to carriers of inactivating mutations in genetic counseling. In this...

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