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Cohort profile and heritability assessment of familial pancreatic cancer: a nation-wide study.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2021
Tan Ming, Brusgaard Klaus, Gerdes Anne-Marie, Mortensen Michael Bau, Detlefsen Sönke, Schaffalitzky de Muckadell Ove B, Joergensen Maiken Thyregod
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BACKGROUND: Familial Pancreatic Cancer (FPC) is responsible for up to 10% of all cases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Individuals predisposed for FPC have an estimated lifetime risk of 16-39% of developing PDAC. While heritability of PDAC has been estimated to be 36% in a Nordic twin study, no heritability estimate specific on FPC has been reported. METHODS: A national cohort of Danish families with...
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