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Case Presentation: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer

Surgical oncologist, Fabian Johnston details the case of a patient with a CDH1 mutation - a rare genetic defect that often requires advanced screening methods to detect and greatly increases a patient’s chances of developing gastric cancer.

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Fabian Johnston, MD

Fabian M. Johnston, M.D., M.H.S., is an as assistant professor of surgery and co-director of the Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program. Dr. Johnston’s areas of clinical expertise include colorectal cancer, cytoreductive surgery, gastric ...

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