[Familial gastric cancer - an update of Japanese cases].

Article

[Familial gastric cancer - an update of Japanese cases].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2013

Sugimura Haruhiko, Yamada Hidetaka, Tao Hong, Shinmura Kazuya, Iwaizumi Moriya, Kasami Masako

Abstract excerpt

Since the international gastric cancer linkage consortium first proposed screening criteria for the detection of CDH1 germline mutations in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer(HDGC), the low yields of previous attempts to identify patients with HDGC in Japan, where gastric cancer is endemic and mas...

Topics

Antigens, CD
Asian People
Cadherins
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Mutation, Missense
Stomach Neoplasms

Community interpretation

Discuss the evidence

Ask a question, add context or challenge an interpretation. Community activity is separate from scientific evidence strength.

discussions

replies

Citations encouraged

Claims remain attributable.

No discussion yet

Be the first to add a careful, cited interpretation.