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Pathological features of total gastrectomy specimens from asymptomatic hereditary diffuse gastric cancer patients and implications for clinical management.
Histopathology - 1 Dec 2018
Rocha João P, Gullo Irene, Wen Xiaogang, Devezas Vítor, Baptista Manuela, Oliveira Carla, Carneiro Fátima
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterised by multigenerational diffuse gastric cancer, and is mainly caused by germline alterations in the CDH1 gene. Currently, endoscopy has limited diagnostic accuracy, and total gastrectomy (TG) is the treatment of choice for asymptomatic CDH1 carriers. In this study, we aimed to obtain a better understanding of HDGC syndrome by...
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