Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Kyoichi Takaori, Chigusa Morizane, Hiroyuki Maguchi, Masamichi Mizuma, Hideaki Takahashi, Keita Wada, Hiroko Hosoi, Shinichi Yachida, Masami Suzuki, Risa Usui, Toru Furukawa, Junji Furuse, Takamitsu Sato, Makoto Ueno, Yoshimi Kiyozumi, Susumu Hijioka, Nobumasa Mizuno, Takeshi Terashima, Masaki Mizumoto, Yuzo Kodama, Masako Torishima, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Reiko Ashida, Masayuki Kitano, Keiji Hanada, Masayuki Furukawa, Ken Kawabe, Yoshiyuki Majima, Toru Shimosegawa
Familial pancreatic cancer (FPC) is broadly defined as two first-degree-relatives with pancreatic cancer (PC) and accounts for 4%-10% of PC. Several genetic syndromes, including Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, hereditary pancreatitis, hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC), Lynch syndrome, and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), also have increased risks of PC, but the narrowest definition of FPC excludes these known syndromes. When compared with other familial tumors, proven genetic alterations are limited to a small proportion (< 20%) and the familial aggregation is usually modest...
February 14, 2017: World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG