Hereditary gastrointestinal carcinomas and their precursors: An algorithm for genetic testing.

Abstract excerpt

Recognition of hereditary forms of gastrointestinal cancer is of great importance for patients and their families and pathologists play a crucial role in this. This review recapitulates the clinical, pathological and molecular aspects of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Proximal Polyposis of the Stomach, as well as hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes such as Lynch syndrome and...

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• Algorithms
• Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
• Heredity
• Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
• Pathology, Molecular