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[Hereditary pancreatic cancer].
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen - 1 Nov 2008
Habbe N, Langer P, Bartsch D K
Abstract excerpt
An inherited predisposition to pancreatic cancer (PC) is prevalent in about 3% of PC cases and is currently believed to occur in three distinct clinical settings, (1) hereditary tumour predisposition syndromes with an increased risk of PC such as Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and familial atypical multiple mole melanoma, (2) hereditary pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis, in which genetically determined early-age changes...
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