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BRCA1 and pancreatic cancer: pedigree findings and their causal relationships.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 15 Apr 2005
Lynch Henry T, Deters Carolyn A, Snyder Carrie L, Lynch Jane F, Villeneuve Pierre, Silberstein Julie, Martin Holly, Narod Steven A, Brand Randall E
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Anecdotal reports and series studies indicate that 5-10% of pancreatic cancer (PC) cases are familial. In addition, PC is associated with a variety of hereditary cancer syndromes. PC appears to be an integral cancer in the hereditary breast-ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome, with most notice given to the role of BRCA2. Our purpose is to call attention to BRCA1, which also predisposes to PC. Using data from our...
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