Ovarian metastases from ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion successfully treated with surgical resection and CAPOX chemotherapy: a case report

• Main Authors: Narushi Iwata (Author), Ayumi Shikama (Author), Wataru Takao (Author), Yoshihiko Hosokawa (Author), Hiroya Itagaki (Author), Nobutaka Tasaka (Author), Azusa Akiyama (Author), Hiroyuki Ochi (Author), Takeo Minaguchi (Author), Miwa Arita (Author), Emiko Noguchi (Author), Toshikazu Moriwaki (Author), Toyomi Satoh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Despite recent findings that epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EPCAM) deletions can cause Lynch syndrome (LS), its clinical characteristics are still unknown. We present the first case of ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion, which was discovered during ov...