Article
Simplified and more sensitive criteria for identifying individuals with pathogenic CDH1 variants.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2023
Lerner Benjamin A, Xicola Rosa M, Rodriguez Nicolette J, Karam Rachid, Llor Xavier
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is an autosomal-dominant syndrome most often caused by pathogenic variants in CDH1. The International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) recently updated its criteria for genetic testing. The purpose of this study was to estimate the sensitivity of IGCLC's 2020 criteria for identifying carriers of CDH1 pathogenic variants and to formulate a new set of...
Topics
- Humans
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Pedigree
- Genetic Testing
- Cadherins
- Adenocarcinoma
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Antigens, CD
