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Etiology and oncogenesis of pancreatic carcinoma.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Sept 2012
Dobrila-Dintinjana Renata, Vanis Nenad, Dintinjana Marijan, Radić Mladen
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death overall. The factors that favor the development of pancreatic cancer can be divided into hereditary and acquired. Cancerogenesis is best explained by a "multi-hit" hypothesis, charcterized with the developmental sequence of cellular mutatitions, forcing mutant cell to inappropriate proliferation and preventing its repair and programmed cell death...
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