Table 5. The genetic syndromes associated with pancreatic cancer.
Syndrome | Associated genes |
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome | STK11 |
Hereditary pancreatitis | PRSS1 |
Familial multiple mole melanoma syndrome/ melanoma pancreatic-cancer syndrome | P16, CDKN2A |
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer | BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 |
Ataxic telangiectasia | ATM |
Von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome | VHL |
Lynch syndrome | MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 |
Hereditary pancreatitis | PRSS1, SPINK1 |
Li-Fraumeni syndrome | p53 |