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The molecular genetics of pancreatic ductal carcinoma: a review
1Department of Surgery and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Blalock 606, 600 North Wolfe Street, 21287-4606, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Surgical Oncology
|May 18, 2001
Abstract:
In the last several years, numerous advances in the field of molecular genetics have been applied to pancreatic ductal carcinoma- the 5th leading cause of cancer death in the United States. This review summaries the current knowledge about adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
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