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Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Gastric Cancer.
Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer - 1 Jan 2016
Monahan Kevin John, Hopkins Laura
Abstract excerpt
A positive family history is consistently reported as a risk factor for gastric cancer (GC), but the molecular basis for the familial aggregation is largely unknown. The risk associated with having one first-degree relative (FDR) with GC is approximately 1.3-3.5 fold increased. Hereditary cancer syndromes have been relatively well characterised, but their rarity largely precludes the development of trials of...
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