Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is a recently defined cancer syndrome caused by inactivating, heterozygous germline mutations in the gene for the cell-to-cell adhesion protein E-cadherin (CDH1). Here, we describe the search for CDH1 mutations in 10 newly identified gastric cancer families.
Incidence of gastric cancer and breast cancer in CDH1 (E-cadherin) mutation carriers from hereditary diffuse gastric cancer families
β Scribed by Paul D.P. Pharoah; Parry Guilford; Carlos Caldas; The International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium
- Book ID
- 119756408
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 566 KB
- Volume
- 121
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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