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The sex ratio and age of onset features of gastric cancer patients in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer families.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2011
Yu Junxiu, Li Zhenfang
Abstract excerpt
An understanding of the clinical features of gastric cancer (GC) in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) families may be helpful in deciding who should receive prophylactic total gastrectomy and when. This study evaluates the sex ratio and age of onset features of these patients. Forty-seven HDGC families were screened from the English (40 families), Chinese (7 families) literature. One family was ascertained...
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