Inherited mutations may play a role in development of pancreatic cancer

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A small, retrospective study at Johns Hopkins has found that, in patients with particular pancreatic duct lesions, the presence of an inherited mutation in a pancreatic cancer susceptibility gene may increase the patients’ risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

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