Molecular and Survival Differences between Familial and Sporadic Gastric Cancers

Mismatch repair (MMR) and germline E-cadherin (CDH1) mutations are two of the major pathways of carcinogenesis in familial gastric cancer (GC). A total of 260 sporadic and 66 familial GC patients were enrolled and molecular and survival differences were compared. Familial GC patients had earlier ons...

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Main Authors: Wen-Liang Fang, Shih-Ching Chang, Yuan-Tzu Lan, Kuo-Hung Huang, Su-Shun Lo, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Chin-Wen Chi, Chew-Wun Wu, Shih-Hwa Chiou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/396272