Is gastrectomy indicated?

A study recently published in JAMA suggests lower lifetime gastric cancer risk for CDH1 mutation carriers. Will this lead to changes in management recommendations?

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A study recently published in JAMA sheds light on cancer risks associated with carrying germline CDH1 mutations, challenging previous, potentially inflated, lifetime cancer risk estimates.  

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Rebecca Sutphen, MD
Co-founder, chief medical officer, InformedDNA
Sue Friedman
Executive director, founder, FORCE (Facing Hereditary Cancer Empowered)
Jon Florin
Executive director, chief patient advocate, No Stomach for Cancer
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