Pancreatic cancer as a sentinel for hereditary cancer predisposition

Pancreatic cancer as a sentinel for hereditary cancer predisposition

Abstract Background Genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) predisposition have been shown to play a role in pancreatic cancer susceptibility. Growing evidence suggests that pancreatic cancer may be useful as a sentinel cancer to identify familie...

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Main Authors: Erin L. Young, Bryony A. Thompson, Deborah W. Neklason, Matthew A. Firpo, Theresa Werner, Russell Bell, Justin Berger, Alison Fraser, Amanda Gammon, Cathryn Koptiuch, Wendy K. Kohlmann, Leigh Neumayer, David E. Goldgar, Sean J. Mulvihill, Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, Sean V. Tavtigian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
HBOC
Lynch syndrome
Colorectal cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Genetic testing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4573-5

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