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Molecular pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics - 1 Jan 2003
Hansel Donna E, Kern Scott E, Hruban Ralph H
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer is an almost universally fatal disease, with a five-year survival rate of 5%. Research into both sporadic and inherited forms of pancreatic cancer has yielded tremendous advances in the understanding of this disease at the molecular level. Elucidating genetic alterations in pancreatic cancer has identified various abnormalities ranging from gross chromosomal abnormalities to point mutations,...
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