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JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER
Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages 520-527Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-022-00831-1
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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC); CDH1 mutation; Surveillance; Endoscopy; Chromoendoscopy
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Chromoendoscopy can facilitate the detection of gastric carcinoma foci in CDH1 mutation carriers. While chromoendoscopy identified all patients with gastric cancer, not all cancer foci present in these patients were detected. Therefore, the addition of chromoendoscopy to white light endoscopy could be used to enhance the diagnostic reliability of endoscopic surveillance for patients opting against prophylactic total gastrectomy.
Objectives Germline mutations in the CDH1-gene are identified as the cause of 30-40% of cases of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, an autosomal-dominant inherited cancer predisposition syndrome. Given this high risk of developing diffuse gastric cancer, carriers of a pathogenic CDH1 germline mutation are advised to undergo prophylactic gastrectomy. For patients preferring conservative management, endoscopic surveillance is recommended. The detection of diffuse gastric cancer using white light endoscopy, however, remains challenging. Methods Patients with pathogenic CDH1 mutation underwent (chromo)endoscopic surveillance or endoscopy prior to surgery. Biopsies were taken at suspicious sites identified by chromoendoscopy. In addition, endoscopically normal areas were assessed with mapping biopsies. Detection rates from endoscopic biopsies (mapping vs. targeted) and gastrectomy specimen were then compared. Result Between 11/2015 and 12/2020, ten patients from four families with a known CDH1 germline mutation had a total of n = 24 endoscopies with n = 518 total biopsies being examined. Three patients were diagnosed with GC during the study period. These patients all had suspicious chromoendoscopic lesions (= detection rate 100%). In two of three patients who had suspicious chromoendoscopic lesions, signet cell carcinoma was also detected in mapping biopsies and multiple additional cancer foci were identified in the gastrectomy specimen. Conclusion Chromoendoscopy facilitated detection of gastric carcinoma foci in CDH1 mutation carriers. Chromoendoscopy identified all patients with gastric cancer, but not all cancer foci present in these patients. We conclude that for patients opting against prophylactic total gastrectomy, the addition of chromoendoscopy to white light could be used to enhance diagnostic reliability of endoscopic surveillance.
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