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gastric carcinoma

gastric cancer

 

Predisposition

-  Helicobacter infection

Genetic predisposition

10% of familial clustering

-  E-cadherin gene (CDH1) mutations
-  mismatch repair genes mutations

-  germline P53 mutations (Li-Fraumeni syndrome)

References

-  Tahara E. Genetic pathways of two types of gastric cancer. IARC Sci Publ. 2004;(157):327-49. PMID: #15055305#

-  Simpson AJ, Caballero OL, Pena SD. Microsatellite instability as a tool for the classification of gastric cancer. Trends Mol Med. 2001 Feb;7(2):76-80. PMID: #11286759#


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