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High incidence of familial gastric cancer in Tuscany, a region in Italy.
Oncology - 1 Jan 2007
Roviello Franco, Corso Giovanni, Pedrazzani Corrado, Marrelli Daniele, De Falco Giulia, Suriano Gianpaolo, Vindigni Carla, Berardi Anna, Garosi Lorenzo, De Stefano Alfonso, Leoncini Lorenzo, Seruca Raquel, Pinto Enrico
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OBJECTIVES: Only 1% of diffuse gastric cancers occur in families with autosomal dominant gastric cancer susceptibility. Germline mutations in the E-cadherin gene account for the hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) syndrome. We studied a large cohort of gastric cancer patients from Tuscany, a region in Italy, to evaluate the presence of familial clustering of gastric cancer. METHODS: 238 pedigrees were...
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