JANUARY 16, 2020

The Scope on Upper Tract Surveillance in Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes

Commentary on surveillance endoscopy in familial GI cancer syndromes: Yes or No?

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Sigurdis Haraldsdottir,
MD, PhD
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Sapna Syngal,
MD, MPH

Department of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

 

In this issue, Dr. Ilson reviews the role of surveillance upper endoscopy in hereditary cancer syndromes. There is absolutely a role for surveillance, but there are many nuances as to who should be screened and when to begin. Of the many established hereditary cancer syndromes, the ones that most clearly have an association with gastric cancer are listed in