Familial Pancreatic Cancer

Cancers

Henry T. Lynch¹  Jane F. Lynch¹ 

[1] Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha NE 68178, USA; E-Mail:

关键词: phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity;    high mortality;    genetic counseling;    biomarker paucity;    FAMMM syndrome;    Li-Fraumeni syndrome;    Lynch syndrome;    pancreatic cancer;   

DOI  :  10.3390/cancers2041861

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Pancreatic cancer’s high mortality rate equates closely with its incidence, thereby showing the need for development of biomarkers of its increased risk and a better understanding of its genetics, so that high-risk patients can be better targeted for screening and early potential lifesaving diagnosis. Its phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity is extensive and requires careful scrutiny of its pattern of cancer associations, such as malignant melanoma associated with pancreatic cancer, in the familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome, due to the CDKN2A germline mutation. This review is designed to depict several of the hereditary pancreatic cancer syndromes with particular attention given to the clinical application of this knowledge into improved control of pancreatic cancer.

【 授权许可】

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