[Familial aggregation of gastric cancer].

Article

[Familial aggregation of gastric cancer].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2008

Sugimura Haruhiko

Abstract excerpt

Pursuit of the etiologies of familial aggregation of gastric cancer is a particular challenge in an endemic area like Japan. A typical case having truncation-type CDH1 germline mutation, which constitutes an entity of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, has never been found in Japan or Korea. In a...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, CD
Cadherins
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genome, Human
Humans
Stomach Neoplasms

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