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Cate's Story: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer.
Clinical journal of oncology nursing - 1 Aug 2016
Rogers Megan
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer is a major cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide and is thought to be responsible for about 10% of cancer-related deaths across the globe. A small proportion of all gastric cancers arise because of a known hereditary syndrome, the most common of which is hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC). This is an autosomal dominant genetic disease characterized by an increased risk of developing...
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