Table 1.
Cancer sites | EPCAM family genetic test results | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pos + OGCa | Negative | Not tested | Total | |
Colon | 22 | 1 | 27 | 50 |
Skin | 2b | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Small intestine | 1c | 1d | 1c | 3 |
Stomach | 1c | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Unknown primary | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Breast | 0 | 2 | 5c | 7 |
Upper uroepithelial | 0 | 0 | 3c | 3 |
Lymphoma | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Lung | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Brain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Prostate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pancreas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Testicle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Urinary bladder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Female organ? | 0 | 0 | 1c | 1 |
Endometrium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Leukemia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
No cancer | 13 | 29 | 201 | 243 |
Total individuals | 36 | 37 | 250 | 323 |
EPCAM, epithelial cell adhesion molecule; OGC, obligate gene carrier.
Includes those tested positive plus Obligate Gene Carriers (child tested positive).
Both individuals also diagnosed with colon cancer.
One individual also diagnosed with colon cancer.
This individual also diagnosed with melanoma.
Of the 57 individuals tested, 20 are positive and 37 are negative.