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Gastric tumours in hereditary cancer syndromes: clinical features, molecular biology and strategies for prevention.
Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico - 1 Sept 2011
Sereno María, Aguayo Cristina, Guillén Ponce Carmen, Gómez-Raposo César, Zambrana Francisco, Gómez-López Miriam, Casado Enrique
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer is the major cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The majority of them are classified as sporadic, whereas the remaining 10% exhibit familial clustering. Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) syndrome is the most important condition that leads to hereditary gastric cancer. However, other hereditary cancer syndromes, such as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, familial adenomatous...
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