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Factors which influence penetrance in familial pancreatic cancer
2016-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Introduction: Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) confers a high mortality rate as it often presents at an advanced stage. Screening could improve early detection and survival. However, the prevalence of the disease and absence of specific screening tools mean that screening of the general population would result in many false positive tests. This may mean unnecessary overtreatment including surgery with considerable morbidi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9cc86966-6a17-51ce-92b3-e3b2b7177474
- DOI
- 10.17638/03000838