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My aunt died from stage 4 pancreatic cancer in 03/2013. she has an identical twin sister-is she at higher risk? she had the different one than swayze

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Perhaps: Only a small number of pancreatic cancers are thought to be hereditary. The majority occur without a family history. There are several types of pancreatic cancer and I do not know what type mr. Swayze had.

Dr Seibert agreed

Answered 5/4/2017

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