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Incidence of subsequent pancreatic adenocarcinoma in patients with a history of nonpancreatic primary cancers.
Cancer - 1 Mar 2012
Amin Sunil, McBride Russell B, Kline Jennie K, Mitchel Elana B, Lucas Aimee L, Neugut Alfred I, Frucht Harold
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BACKGROUND: Several environmental risk factors are known to predispose individuals to pancreatic cancer, and up to 15% of pancreatic cancers have an inherited component. Understanding metachronous cancer associations can modify pancreas cancer risk. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of nonpancreatic cancers with subsequent pancreatic adenocarcinoma. METHODS: The authors used data from...
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