Biliopancreatic malignancy: screening the at risk patient with molecular markers.

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Biliopancreatic malignancy is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the Western world. Defining at risk groups has been difficult. Diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis increase the risk of pancreatic carcinoma, and inflammatory bowel disease and associated sclerosing colangitis increase the risk of biliary tract malignancy. Pancreatic carcinoma has also been described in pedigrees with inherited cancer...

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