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Familial pancreatic cancer--current knowledge.
Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Aug 2012
Bartsch Detlef K, Gress Thomas M, Langer Peter
Abstract excerpt
Familial pancreatic cancer (FPC) describes families with at least two first-degree relatives with confirmed exocrine pancreatic cancer that do not fulfil the criteria of other inherited tumour syndromes with increased risks of pancreatic cancer, such as Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, hereditary pancreatitis, and hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The inheritance of FPC is mostly autosomal dominant and with a...
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