Gastric cancer
February 9 2016
HEREDITARY AND SPORADIC: THE GENETICS Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome. In addition to gastric cancer, up to 60% of female mutation carriers develop lobular carcinoma of the breast, and some carriers may develop colorectal cancer. Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) and lobular breast cancer (LBC) are caused by heterozygous
