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• Faulty Gene May Contribute to Pancreatic Cancer 

Mutations in the BRCA2 gene, already known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers, may also make people susceptible to a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer, German researchers conclude.

Their findings echo those of previous studies.

"We have found mutations which are likely to explain in a subgroup of families with pancreatic cancer cases why the disease occurs," says Dr. Stephan A. Hahn, a professor of oncology at the Knappschaftskrankenhaus University of Bochum in Bochum, Germany.

Hahn is also co-author of the new study, which appears in the Feb. 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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