Early gastric cancer in young, asymptomatic carriers of germ-line E-cadherin mutations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 1904-1909

  Huntsman, David G ^a,b,f   Carneiro, Fatima ^d   Lewis, Frank R ^e   Macleod, Patrick M ^a,c   Hayashi, Allen ^c   Monaghan, Kristin G ^e   Maung, Raymond ^c   Seruca, Raquel ^d   Jackson, Charles E ^e   Caldas, Carlos ^f  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035927967     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200106213442504     Document Type: Article

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