Source: BEFREE

Gene Disease Score gda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Entrez Id: 1644
Gene Symbol: DDC
DDC
CUI: C0024623
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of stomach
Malignant neoplasm of stomach 		0.010 Biomarker BEFREE For 15 cases of peritoneal dissemination (seven cases were cytologically positive), DDC was positive in 13 cases (87% sensitivity), but CEA failed to detect micrometastases in four cases (73% sensitivity), indicating that DDC is in some cases superior to CEA for the detection of peritoneal micrometastases of gastric cancer in terms of sensitivity as well as specificity, especially for poorly differentiated adenocarcinomas. 14760382

2004