Upper gastrointestinal tumors are unrelated to the APC genotype in APC-associated polyposis.
Akinari TakaoKoichi KoizumiMisato TakaoTakuhiko InokuchiTakeru IijimaEkumi KojikaMakiko UrushibaraShin-Ichiro HoriguchiTatsuro YamaguchiPublished in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2022)
The upper gastrointestinal tumor phenotype was not associated with the genotype in patients with APC-associated polyposis. Ascertaining the H. pylori infection status is helpful for endoscopic surveillance of upper gastrointestinal tumors in patients with APC-associated polyposis.