Table 3

Type of variants in CDH1 mutation probands

Type of mutationGastric cancer (n)Breast cancer (n)Other cancer (n)No cancer (n)
Missense0%7% (4)14% (1)24% (6)
Loss of function100% (30)93% (50)86% (6)76% (19)
  • Loss of function included nonsense, frameshift, splicing variants (±1.2 nt) and gross del/dups. p.T379T, 2195G>A and p.G571S were classified as affecting splicing25 26