Pancreatic Cancer Registry: For Any Person With a Personal or Family History
Pancreatic Cancer Registry: For Any Person With a Personal or Family History
The NFPTR was established in 1994 to find the causes of pancreatic cancer. In brief, the
 investigators are interested in both the genetic and non-genetic causes of pancreatic cancer.
 The investigators are particularly interested in finding the genes that cause pancreatic
 cancer to cluster in some families. Up to 10% of pancreatic cancer patients have another
 close relative who has also developed pancreatic cancer. This clustering of pancreatic
 cancers in families has yet to be explained; however, the investigators continue to identify
 new familial pancreatic cancer genes that explain this clustering in subsets of families. For
 example, in 2009 and 2012 the investigators discovered that mutations in the PALB2 and ATM
 genes jointly account up to 5% of the clustering of pancreatic cancer in families.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  personal or family history of pancreas tumors

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  none