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slys114
slys114 asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsCancer · 2 decades ago

Is the risk of pancreatic cancer inherited?

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    Not very likely... it is not like breast or colon cancer...

  • Dark Light
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    According to a web site I checked out, 10 percent of all pancreatic cancer cases are the inherited kind. So that is not a very large percentage.

    Source(s): http://www.cancer-info.com/pancreas.htm Section: RESEARCHERS FIND REGION OF GENE FOR INHERITED PANCREATIC CANCER
  • Jcontrols
    Lv 6
    2 decades ago

    The jury is still out on the genetic link, but like all other diseases, it is quite possible...

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