Pancreatic cancer causes
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Reddy Kothagadi M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Causes
- Pancreatic cancer may be caused by the following:
- Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes
- Activation of oncogenes
- Deregulation of molecules in various signaling pathways
- Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes:
- Tumor suppressor genes may be inactivated by:
- Tumor suppressor genes:
- p53
- p16
- p27CIP1
- BRCA2
- Activation of oncogenes
- Oncogenes may be activated by:
- Oncogenes:
- Ras oncogene
- Cox-2 activation
- Akt-2 gene amplification
- Notch gene
- cyclin D1
- Deregulation of molecules in various signaling pathways: