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The impact of prophylactic total gastrectomy on health-related quality of life: a prospective cohort study.
Annals of surgery - 1 Jul 2014
Worster Elizabeth, Liu Xinxue, Richardson Susan, Hardwick Richard H, Dwerryhouse Sarah, Caldas Carlos, Fitzgerald Rebecca C
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BACKGROUND: The advice to individuals with identified CDH1 mutations is generally to undertake prophylactic total gastrectomy (PTG). This study evaluated the effect of PTG on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asymptomatic individuals with identified CDH1 mutations at high risk for gastric cancer. METHODS: Individuals with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) were recruited to a prospective, multicenter...
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