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The inherited genetic component of sporadic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] - 1 Jan 2009
Milne R L, Greenhalf W, Murta-Nascimento C, Real F X, Malats N
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer, like many other complex diseases, has genetic and environmental components to its etiology. It is likely that relatively common genetic variants with modest effects on pancreatic cancer risk play an important role in both familial and sporadic forms of the disease, either individually or in interaction with environmental factors. The relatively high frequency of such variants means that they...
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