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Multiple primaries in pancreatic cancer patients: indicator of a genetic predisposition?
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Dec 2000
Gerdes B, Ziegler A, Ramaswamy A, Wild A, Langer P, Bartsch D K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genetic basis of several familial cancers including breast and colon cancers has been identified recently. The occurrence of multiple cancers in one individual is also suggestive of a genetic predisposition. To evaluate inherited predisposition in pancreatic cancer we compared the clinical data of pancreatic cancer patients with and without multiple primaries as well as the frequency of...
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