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Thursday, October 04, 2012

Irrelevance of microsatellite instability in pancreatic cancer



CONCLUSIONS:
MSI prevalence is negligible in sporadic, resected PDAC. Differently, the prevalence of pancreatic cancer is 2.5% in LS patients, and cancers other than PDAC may be encountered in this setting. Surveillance for pancreatic cancer should be advised in LS mutation carriers at referral centers.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23029359/?i=1&from=lynch%20syndrome

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