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ArticleBMC cancer2017

First-decade patient with colorectal cancer carrying both germline and somatic mutations in APC gene.

Yung-Sung Yeh, Yu-Tang Chang, Cheng-Jen Ma, Ching-Wen Huang, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Yi-Ting Chen, Jaw-Yuan Wang

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Article in BMC cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yung-Sung YehDivision of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yu-Tang ChangDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, San-Ming District, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
Cheng-Jen MaDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, San-Ming District, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
Ching-Wen HuangDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, San-Ming District, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
Hsiang-Lin TsaiDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, San-Ming District, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
Yi-Ting ChenGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Jaw-Yuan WangDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, San-Ming District, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan. cy614112@ms14.hinet.net.ORCID 0000-0002-7705-2621
Kaohsiung Medical University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundColorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths. The mean age of patients with CRC ranges from 49 to 60 years. Pediatric CRC is unusual, which often escapes early diagnosis because of a lack of awareness of its occurrence in children. The association between the mutation of APC and the occurrence of CRC in the first decade of life remains unknown. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a 10-year-old child with CRC; he was diagnosed with stage IIIB advanced transverse colon cancer without distal metastases. We detected a heterozygous germline mutation at c.5465 T > A in both blood and tissue samples and a heterozygous somatic mutation at c.7397C > T in the tissue sample. Both of these mutations can cause CRC tumorigenesis in the first decade of life.

conclusionsThe rare genetic features of this 10-year-old patient might be the predisposing cause of pediatric CRC. Therefore, screening patients with early-onset CRC through clinical and genetic characterizations is suggested.

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Genes, APCChildColorectal NeoplasmsGerm-Line MutationHumansMaleMutationPedigreeAPC geneBoth germline and somatic mutationsCase reportColorectal cancerFirst decade

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