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Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer: Molecular Genetics, Biological Mechanisms and Current Therapeutic Approaches.
International journal of molecular sciences - 15 Jul 2022
Cosma Lidia-Sabina, Schlosser Sophie, Tews Hauke C, Müller Martina, Kandulski Arne
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by a high prevalence of diffuse gastric cancer and lobular breast cancer. It is caused by inactivating mutations in the tumor suppressor gene CDH1. Genetic testing technologies have become more efficient over the years, also enabling the discovery of other susceptibility genes for gastric cancer, such as CTNNA1 among the most...
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