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Screening and surveillance in hereditary gastrointestinal cancers: Recommendations from the European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO) expert discussion at the 20th European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)/World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Barcelona, June 2018
Journal Paper/Review - Oct 18, 2018
Vangala Deepak B, Matysiak-Budnik Tamara, van Laethem Jean-Luc, Ducreux Michel, Hammel Pascal, Carneiro Fatima, Castells Antoni, Gueller Ulrich, van Cutsem Eric, Wyrwicz Lucian, Balmaña Judith, Cauchin Estelle, Schmiegel Wolff
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Patients with hereditary gastrointestinal (GI) cancers represent a substantial fraction of the overall affected population. Although awareness for hereditary GI cancer syndromes is on the rise, identification of patients and measures of surveillance are often unclear in everyday clinical routine. Therefore, the European Society of Digestive Oncology expert discussion 2018 at the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer focussed on screening and surveillance of hereditary colorectal, gastric and pancreatic cancers. An international panel of experts and opinion leaders developed the here presented recommendations based on published evidence and on profound clinical expertise to facilitate clinical routine in identification and caretaking of patients with familial GI cancers.