Update on familial pancreatic cancer.
Approximately 5% to 10% of patients with pancreatic cancer have one or more first-degree relatives with this disease. A subset of these individuals have a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer designated by association with such hereditary disorders as familial adenomatous polyposis, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, hereditary pancreatitis, or familial atypical multiple mole melanoma (FAMMM) syndrome. A subset of those FAMMM kindred with the CDKN2A (p16) germline mutation that expresses both pancreatic cancer and malignant melanoma may constitute a new hereditary pancreatic cancer-prone syndrome.
Department of Preventive Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. htlynch@creighton.edu
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