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Hereditary gastric cancer.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2009
Oliveira Carla, Seruca Raquel, Carneiro Fátima
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer is a heterogeneous and highly prevalent disease, being the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer associated death worldwide. Most cases are sporadic and familial clustering is observed in about 10% of the cases. Hereditary gastric cancer accounts for a very low percentage of cases (1-3%) and a single hereditary syndrome - Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC) - has...
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