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Hereditary Pancreatic Carcinoma
A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas in a patient with a family history of pancreatic cancer. In the minority of cases, patients have recognized genetic syndromes (e.g., FAMMM syndrome, BRCA2 syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome) however, in the majority of cases the genetic cause has not been identified. (NCI Thesaurus)
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