Article
Germline variants and phenotypic spectrum in a Canadian cohort of individuals with diffuse gastric cancer.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) - 1 Apr 2020
Aronson M, Swallow C, Govindarajan A, Semotiuk K, Cohen Z, Kaurah P, Velsher L, Ambus I, Buckley K, Forster-Gibson C, Meschino W S, Blumenthal A, Kim R H, Brar S
Abstract excerpt
Background: CDH1 pathogenic variants (pvs) cause most cases of inherited diffuse gastric cancer (dgc), but have low detection rates and vary geographically. In the present study, we examined hereditary causes of dgc in patients in Ontario. Methods: CDH1 testing through single-site or multi-gene panels was conducted for patients with dgc meeting the 2015 International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (igclc)...
Topics
- Aged
- Canada
- Cohort Studies
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Stomach Neoplasms
