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Panel testing reveals nonsense and missense CDH 1 mutations in families without hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
13 Jan 2016
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BACKGROUND: The reported penetrance of germline CDH1 mutations is high in families with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC). Men and women have a 70% and 56%, respectively, cumulative risk of developing diffuse gastric cancer by age 80. Women additionally have a 42% cumulative risk of developing breast cancer. Due to the high penetrance of these mutations, prophylactic total gastrectomy is currently...
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