Family history of cancer in Japanese gastric cancer patients

• Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 173 - 175
• Main Authors: Kawasaki, Kentaro, Kanemitsu, Kiyonori, Yasuda, Takashi, Kamigaki, Takashi, Kuroda, Daisuke, Kuroda, Yoshikazu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Nature B.V 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Case-Control Studies; Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Female; Gastric cancer; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Logistic Models; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - genetics; Oncology; Pedigree; Stomach Neoplasms - epidemiology; Stomach Neoplasms - genetics; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Japan

The aim of this study was to evaluate the family history of cancer in Japanese gastric cancer patients and to investigate the clinicopathological features of gastric cancer patients with and without a family history of cancer. Four hundred and forty gastric cancer patients were enrolled in this stud...