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Genotype/phenotype of familial pancreatic cancer.
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2006
Brand Randall E, Lynch Henry T
Abstract excerpt
It is estimated that 5% to 10% of pancreatic cancer cases are attributable to hereditary factors. We believe that the number of cases that are genetic in etiology are even greater, however, based not on a classic autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance but rather when one takes into account low-penetrant inherited susceptibility factors. There is also a growing recognition that the development of pancreatic...
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