A new susceptibility locus for autosomal dominant pancreatic cancer maps to chromosome 4q32-34.

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Pancreatic cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Nearly every person diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will die from it, usually in <6 mo. Familial clustering of pancreatic cancers is commonly recognized, with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern in approximately 10% of all cases. However, the late age at disease onset and rapid demise of affected individuals markedly hamper...

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