Table 1

Personal and family GC history in index cases assessed for germline variants in the APC promoter 1B

Personal cancer historyNo of index casesFamily history of GC, no of index cases*
HDGCFIGCAny GCNone
Personal history of GC†19914911633
Other cancer history‡
 Obligate carrier22000
 Non-obligate carrier38120260
Unaffected
 Obligate carrier44000
 Non-obligate carrier167090
Total 25917415133
  • *Family history of GC in first-degree and second-degree relatives.

  • †Index case GC subtypes: diffuse GC (n=170), intestinal GC (n=10), mixed (n=4), not otherwise specified (n=15).

  • ‡Other cancer types: breast (n=31), colon (n=4), ovarian (n=1), prostate (n=2), skin (n=2), thymoma (n=1), uterine (n=1). Two index cases were affected by more than one cancer type.

  • DGC, diffuse gastric cancer; FIGC, familial intestinal gastric cancer; GC, gastric cancer; HDGC, hereditary diffuse gastric cancer; IGC, intestinal gastric cancer.