Article
Management of BRCA Mutation Carriers With Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN - 1 Apr 2021
Golan Talia, Hammel Pascal
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a dismal prognosis, with a 5-year survival rate of ≤7% across all stages. Most patients are diagnosed with advanced disease and median overall survival is limited. The limited success of conventional therapies for PDAC is at least partially attributable to its genetic heterogeneity. Extensive genomic efforts have been made to subtype PDAC. The DNA damage repair (DDR)...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genes, BRCA2
- Genomics
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
