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Hereditary pancreatitis as the premalignant disease: a Japanese case of pancreatic cancer involving the SPINK1 gene mutation N34S.
Pancreas - 1 Apr 2004
Masamune Atsushi, Mizutamari Hiroya, Kume Kiyoshi, Asakura Tooru, Satoh Kennichi, Shimosegawa Tooru
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the cationic trypsinogen gene are acknowledged as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer in patients with hereditary pancreatitis. However, whether patients with mutations in other genes, such as the serine protease inhibitor Kazal type 1 (SPINK1) gene, are also at a higher risk of pancreatic cancer remains unknown. We report a case of pancreatic cancer associated with chronic calcifying pancreatitis in...
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