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Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: May 14 9:01am | Replies (2316)
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I don’t know if I qualify but my husband died of pancreatic cancer on April 25, 2000. I have 3 sons and I worry about them. Does a person inherit the gene or what ever to be in danger of also getting this disease’ ( also 9 grand and 14 great grandchildren)

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Turkey, Volunteer Mentor | @tomrennie | May 8 10:12am

@linda86 Sorry to hear about your husband, and I can relate to your concerns. Has anyone in the family had any genetic testing done?

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gamaryanne | @gamaryanne | May 9 8:03am

@linda86 physicians say that this cancer is predominantly caused by gene mutations that happen during our lifetime, and not as much due to genetics.. however, it does happen. They could ask their Internal medicine doctor to have genetic testing done. It’s not invasive . Very easy. It won’t say “pancreas cancer” but it will show if they have genes that make them predisposed to GI cancers (or others)

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