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Risk factors of familial pancreatic cancer in Japan: current smoking and recent onset of diabetes.
Pancreas - 1 Aug 2011
Matsubayashi Hiroyuki, Maeda Atsuyuki, Kanemoto Hideyuki, Uesaka Katsuhiko, Yamazaki Kentaro, Hironaka Shuichi, Miyagi Yuji, Ikehara Hisatomo, Ono Hiroyuki, Klein Alison, Goggins Michael
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: In western countries, 7% to 10% of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) have a familial predisposition to their disease. The aim of this study was to determine the familial susceptibility to PC in Japan. METHODS: Five hundred seventy-seven patients with PC and 577 age- and gender-matched controls were analyzed for cancer history in their first-degree relative(s) (FDRs) and demographic factors....
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