Table 1.

Genes implicated in the familiar forms of pancreas cancer.

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome	BRCA1 and BRCA2
Peutz–Jeghers syndrome	LKB1
Hereditary chronic pancreatitis	PRSS1 and SPINK1
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome	hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1, hPMS2, and hMSH6
Familial atypical multiple mole melanoma	CDKN2A/p16
Familial adenomatous polyposis	APC