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ArticleFamilial cancer2017

Lower gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms associated with hereditary cancer syndromes: a case series.

Trilokesh D Kidambi, Christina Pedley, Amie Blanco, Emily K Bergsland, Jonathan P Terdiman

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Article in Familial cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Trilokesh D KidambiDivision of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Christina PedleyHereditary GI Cancer Prevention Program, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Amie BlancoHereditary GI Cancer Prevention Program, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Emily K BergslandHereditary GI Cancer Prevention Program, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jonathan P TerdimanDivision of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Jonathan.Terdiman@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of California San Francisco Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lower gastrointestinal (GI) neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) of the colon and rectum are uncommon and not traditionally associated with hereditary GI cancer syndromes. However, with widespread implementation of colorectal cancer screening programs, lower GI NENs are being identified with increasing frequency. We report the first case series of six patients with lower GI NENs who were diagnosed with hereditary GI cancer syndromes by germline testing. Two patients presented with poorly differentiated rectal neuroendocrine carcinoma (NECs) with colonic polyposis and were found to have Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and MYH-Associated Polyposis, respectively. Three patients with colorectal NENs (one well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor, NET, and two NECs), all of which displayed abnormal immunohistochemistry for mismatch repair proteins, were diagnosed with Lynch syndrome. One patient with a goblet cell carcinoid was diagnosed with CHEK2 mutations. All patients met genetic testing guidelines and the diagnosis was made utilizing next generation sequencing gene panel tests. Lower GI NETs should therefore be considered a potential hereditary GI cancer syndrome-associated malignancy in patients who otherwise meet criteria for genetic evaluation.

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Adenomatous Polyposis ColiAdultCheckpoint Kinase 2Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisFemaleGastrointestinal NeoplasmsGenetic CounselingGerm-Line MutationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplastic Syndromes, HereditaryNeuroendocrine TumorsCheckpoint Kinase 2CHEK2 protein, humanHereditary colon cancerLynch syndromeNeuroendocrine tumorPolyposis

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