Germline CDH1 mutations are a significant contributor to the high frequency of early-onset diffuse gastric cancer cases in New Zealand Māori.
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2018-03-27
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Springer Nature
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Abstract
New Zealand Māori have a considerably higher incidence of gastric cancer compared to non-Māori, and are one of the few populations worldwide with a higher prevalence of diffuse-type disease. Pathogenic germline CDH1 mutations are causative of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, a cancer predisposition syndrome primarily characterised by an extreme lifetime risk of developing diffuse gastric cancer. Pathogenic CDH1 mutations are well described in Māori families in New Zealand. However, the contribution of these mutations to the high incidence of gastric cancer is unknown. We have used next-generation sequencing, Sanger sequencing, and Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification to examine germline CDH1 in an unselected series of 94 Māori gastric cancer patients and 200 healthy matched controls. Overall, 18% of all cases, 34% of cases diagnosed with diffuse-type gastric cancer, and 67% of cases diagnosed aged less than 45 years carried pathogenic CDH1 mutations. After adjusting for the effect of screening known HDGC families, we estimate that 6% of all advanced gastric cancers and 13% of all advanced diffuse-type gastric cancers would carry germline CDH1 mutations. Our results demonstrate that germline CDH1 mutations are a significant contributor to the high frequency of diffuse gastric cancer in New Zealand Māori.
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CDH1, E-cadherin, Genetic predisposition testing, Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, Māori, New Zealand, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antigens, CD, Cadherins, DNA Mutational Analysis, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Germ-Line Mutation, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, New Zealand, Stomach Neoplasms, Young Adult
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Hakkaart C, Ellison-Loschmann L, Day R, Sporle A, Koea J, Harawira P, Cheng S, Gray M, Whaanga T, Pearce N, Guilford P. (2019). Germline CDH1 mutations are a significant contributor to the high frequency of early-onset diffuse gastric cancer cases in New Zealand Māori.. Fam Cancer. 18. 1. (pp. 83-90).