Teri A Longacre
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A prospective study of total gastrectomy for CDH1-positive hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2011; (9): 2594-8
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome. Up to 30% of families with HDGC have mutations in the E-cadherin gene, CDH1. The role of prophylactic versus therapeutic gastrectomy for HDGC was studied prospectively.
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