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Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2023
Decourtye-Espiard Lyvianne, Guilford Parry
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is a dominantly inherited cancer syndrome characterized by a high incidence of diffuse gastric cancer (DGC) and lobular breast cancer (LBC). HDGC is caused by germline mutations in 2 genes involved in the epithelial adherens junction complex, CDH1 and CTNNA1. We discuss the genetics of HDGC and the variability of its clinical phenotype, in particular the variable...
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