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Germline variants in pancreatic cancer patients with a personal or family history of cancer fulfilling the revised Bethesda guidelines.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2018
Ohmoto Akihiro, Morizane Chigusa, Kubo Emi, Takai Erina, Hosoi Hiroko, Sakamoto Yasunari, Kondo Shunsuke, Ueno Hideki, Shimada Kazuaki, Yachida Shinichi, Okusaka Takuji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is categorized as a neoplasm associated with Lynch syndrome; however, the precise proportion of PC patients harboring DNA mismatch repair genes (MMR genes) remains unclear, especially in the Asian population. METHODS: Among 304 Japanese patients with pathologically proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, we selected 20 (6.6%) patients with a personal or family history involving...
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