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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer--An overview.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Sept 2015
Gurzu Simona, Jung Ioan, Orlowska Janina, Sugimura Haruhiko, Kadar Zoltan, Turdean Sabin, Bara Tivadar
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of gastric cancer varies by up to ten fold throughout the world, and the geographic distribution of hereditary cases is not well explored. Familial clustering is seen in 10% of cases, and approximately 3% of all gastric cancers develop due to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC). In this review, the characteristics of HDGC are presented according to molecular particularities, geographic...
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