title: Familial gastric and pancreatic cancers: Diagnosis and screening.
abstract: Screening for gastric and pancreatic cancers in asymptomatic individuals is not routinely practiced in the United States. While there is insufficient evidence that general population screening would reduce morbidity and/or mortality associated with these cancers, the utility of screening for individuals at increased risk warrants further study. Clinical challenges include identifying high risk individuals who would be most likely to benefit from screening and determining which screening modalities and intervals would be most effective.
authors.affiliation: From the Divisions of Gastroenterology and Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.forename: Elena M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Stoffel
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D017668:Age of Onset; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005773:Gastroscopy; D052138:Genes, Neoplasm; D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000473:pathology; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology