Hicham Bouchiba, Arthur S Aelvoet, Nicole C T van Grieken, Lodewijk A A Brosens, Barbara A J Bastiaansen, Evelien Dekker
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Abstract
Several extra-colonic manifestations, including duodenal polyposis and desmoid tumors, are well-described manifestations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). More recently, an increase in gastric cancer diagnoses has been observed in FAP. This case series presents nine patients with FAP who were diagnosed with gastric cancer at our FAP expertise center, of whom eight were diagnosed between 2017 and 2023, while before 2017 the only diagnosis of gastric cancer was in 2001. Among the nine cases of gastric cancer, seven were located in the proximal stomach amidst carpeting fundic gland polyposis and two were located in the distal stomach. Despite ongoing advances in endoscopic technology, all patients were diagnosed during regular endoscopic surveillance, and six of the nine patients died within two years. We aim to raise awareness on gastric cancer risk in FAP patients and stress the urgent need of improved gastric surveillance strategies with timely detection of gastric cancer precursors.
期刊介绍:
In recent years clinical cancer genetics has become increasingly important. Several events, in particular the developments in DNA-based technology, have contributed to this evolution. Clinical cancer genetics has now matured to a medical discipline which is truly multidisciplinary in which clinical and molecular geneticists work together with clinical and medical oncologists as well as with psycho-social workers.
Due to the multidisciplinary nature of clinical cancer genetics most papers are currently being published in a wide variety of journals on epidemiology, oncology and genetics. Familial Cancer provides a forum bringing these topics together focusing on the interests and needs of the clinician.
The journal mainly concentrates on clinical cancer genetics. Most major areas in the field shall be included, such as epidemiology of familial cancer, molecular analysis and diagnosis, clinical expression, treatment and prevention, counselling and the health economics of familial cancer.