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Genetic mutations associated with cigarette smoking in pancreatic cancer.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2009
Blackford Amanda, Parmigiani Giovanni, Kensler Thomas W, Wolfgang Christopher, Jones Siân, Zhang Xiaosong, Parsons D Willams, Lin Jimmy Cheng-Ho, Leary Rebecca J, Eshleman James R, Goggins Michael, Jaffee Elizabeth M, Iacobuzio-Donahue Christine A, Maitra Anirban, Klein Alison, Cameron John L, Olino Kelly, Schulick Richard, Winter Jordan, Vogelstein Bert, Velculescu Victor E, Kinzler Kenneth W, Hruban Ralph H
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette smoking doubles the risk of pancreatic cancer, and smoking accounts for 20% to 25% of pancreatic cancers. The recent sequencing of the pancreatic cancer genome provides an unprecedented opportunity to identify mutational patterns associated with smoking. We previously sequenced >750 mil...
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