CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Diffuse gastric and lobular breast cancer syndrome (DGLBCS) is associated with an increased risk, in males and females, of diffuse gastric cancer (DGC), a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (also referred to as signet ring cell carcinoma or isolated cell-type carcinoma) that infiltrates into the stomach wall, causing thickening of the wall ( linitis plastica ) without forming a distinct...
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✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this article has no audiology or hearing-health relevance.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article does not pertain to audiology; it describes a hereditary cancer syndrome with no known relationship to hearing loss or ear disease.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01GeneReviews entry covers Diffuse Gastric and Lobular Breast Cancer Syndrome (DGLBCS).
- 02DGLBCS is a hereditary cancer predisposition condition, not an audiology topic.
- 03No hearing-health, audiological, or ototoxicity angle is present in this content.
- 04This article appears to have been submitted to the audiology enrichment pipeline in error.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 20301318
- Journal
- GeneReviews (NCBI Bookshelf)
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- na
- Population
- Individuals with hereditary diffuse gastric and lobular breast cancer syndrome