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Overall survival and clinical characteristics of pancreatic cancer in BRCA mutation carriers.
British journal of cancer - 9 Sept 2014
Golan T, Kanji Z S, Epelbaum R, Devaud N, Dagan E, Holter S, Aderka D, Paluch-Shimon S, Kaufman B, Gershoni-Baruch R, Hedley D, Moore M J, Friedman E, Gallinger S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The BRCA1/2 proteins are involved in regulation of cellular proliferation by DNA damage repair via homologous recombination. Therefore, BRCA1/2 mutation carriers with pancreatic cancer may have distinct biologic outcomes. METHODS: Patients with BRCA1/2-associated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) diagnosed between January 1994 and December 2012 were identified from databases at three...
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