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Rs488087 single nucleotide polymorphism as predictive risk factor for pancreatic cancers.
Oncotarget - 24 Nov 2015
Martinez Emmanuelle, Silvy Françoise, Fina Fréderic, Bartoli Marc, Krahn Martin, Barlesi Fabrice, Figarella-Branger Dominique, Iovanna Juan, Laugier René, Ouaissi Mehdi, Lombardo Dominique, Mas Eric
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a devastating disease progressing asymptomatically until death within months after diagnosis. Defining at-risk populations should promote its earlier diagnosis and hence also avoid its development. Considering the known involvement in pancreatic disease of exon 11 of the bile salt-dependent lipase (BSDL) gene that encodes variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) sequences, we hypothesized...
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