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Gastric cancer risk and BRCA1/2 mutations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Personalized medicine - 1 Aug 2025
de Moraes Francisco Cezar Aquino, Matheus Gustavo Tadeu Freitas Uchôa, Souza Maria Eduarda Cavalcanti, Burbano Rommel Mario Rodriguez
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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is an aggressive and heterogeneous disease, primarily sporadic, with only 1-3% of cases being hereditary. However, gastric cancer is a component of several hereditary cancer syndromes. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes encode key DNA repair proteins involved in homologous recombination. Studies suggest a significantly increased risk of gastric cancer in first-degree relatives of BRCA1/2...
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