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Is there any relationship between BRCA1 gene mutation and pancreatic cancer development?
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - 1 Nov 2008
Lawniczak Małgorzata, Gawin Alicja, Białek Andrzej, Lubiński Jan, Starzyńska Teresa
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INTRODUCTION: Pancreatic cancer belongs to carcinomas associated with poor prognosis and low survival rate. It has been highlighted that the cancer risk is linked to both environmental and genetic factors. Available studies allow to estimate that genetic factors play a role in 5-10% of patients with pancreatic cancer. Beside other carcinomas, pancreatic cancer occurs in hereditary neoplastic syndromes associated...
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