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	DOI:10.1089/crpc.2016.0007

Corpus ID: 57762060Pancreatic Cancer in Lynch Syndrome: A Case Report
@article{Gilani2016PancreaticCI,
  title={Pancreatic Cancer in Lynch Syndrome: A Case Report},
  author={M. Gilani and C. Intenzo and V. Bar-ad and Harish Lavu and A. Sama},
  journal={Case Reports in Pancreatic Cancer},
  year={2016},
  volume={2},
  pages={36 - 39}
}
	M. Gilani, C. Intenzo, +2 authors A. Sama
	Published 2016
	Medicine
	Case Reports in Pancreatic Cancer

Abstract Background: In the literature, pancreatic cancer is not frequently acknowledged among the tumors that are considered a part of Lynch Syndrome. Case Presentation: Our case is one of a young man who was found, very early in life, to have pancreatic cancer. His tumor demonstrated germline microsatellite instability, and hence by definition the patient has Lynch syndrome. He responded well to treatment, which included surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. To date he remains in remission from… Expand

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