Ovarian metastases from ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion successfully treated with surgical resection and CAPOX chemotherapy: a case report

Ovarian metastases from ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion successfully treated with surgical resection and CAPOX chemotherapy: a case report

Abstract Background Despite recent findings that epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EPCAM) deletions can cause Lynch syndrome (LS), its clinical characteristics are still unknown. We present the first case of ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion, which was discovered during ov...

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Main Authors: Narushi Iwata, Ayumi Shikama, Wataru Takao, Yoshihiko Hosokawa, Hiroya Itagaki, Nobutaka Tasaka, Azusa Akiyama, Hiroyuki Ochi, Takeo Minaguchi, Miwa Arita, Emiko Noguchi, Toshikazu Moriwaki, Toyomi Satoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Subjects:
Lynch syndrome
EPCAM
Ileum cancer
Ovarian metastases
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12881-020-01013-1

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