2019
Current Approaches to Pancreatic Cancer Screening
Chhoda A, Lu L, Clerkin BM, Risch H, Farrell JJ. Current Approaches to Pancreatic Cancer Screening. American Journal Of Pathology 2019, 189: 22-35. PMID: 30558719, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.09.013.BooksConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaHigh-risk individualsRisk factorsCancer syndromesHereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndromeBreast-ovarian cancer syndromeEarly resectable stagePancreatic cancer screeningScreening strategyFamilial atypical multipleCancer-related deathOvarian cancer syndromeCurrent screening strategiesLi-Fraumeni syndromePeutz-Jeghers syndromeGenetic risk factorsResectable stageCancer screeningPancreatic cancerChronic diseasesDuctal adenocarcinomaLynch syndromePrecursor lesionsLower incidenceFamilial history
2017
Correlation between germline mutations in MMR genes and microsatellite instability in ovarian cancer specimens
Akbari MR, Zhang S, Cragun D, Lee JH, Coppola D, McLaughlin J, Risch HA, Rosen B, Shaw P, Sellers TA, Schildkraut J, Narod SA, Pal T. Correlation between germline mutations in MMR genes and microsatellite instability in ovarian cancer specimens. Familial Cancer 2017, 16: 351-355. PMID: 28176205, DOI: 10.1007/s10689-017-9973-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer specimensOvarian cancerCancer specimensMicrosatellite instabilityGermline mutationsMMR mutationsMSI testingGermline MMR gene mutationsMMR genesPathogenic MMR mutationsMalignant ovarian cancerMMR gene mutationsPositive predictive valueMismatch repair genesMSI-positive cancersLynch syndromeMore microsatellite markersUnselected casesPredictive valuePatientsCancerPotential patientsGermline DNAGene mutationsWomen