Article
The Changing Landscape of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer.
Journal of gastric cancer - 1 Jan 2026
Vaessen Conor, Redpath Kieran, Schulpen Emily, Guilford Parry
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is a dominantly inherited cancer syndrome characterized by the early onset of diffuse gastric cancer (DGC) and lobular breast cancer. HDGC is predominantly caused by germline truncating mutations in CDH1, which encodes the cell-cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin. Less frequent predisposing mutations are observed in the CTNNA1 gene that encodes α-catenin. E-cadherin and...
Topics
- Humans
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Cadherins
- Antigens, CD
- alpha Catenin
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
- Gastrectomy
