“PancPro” as a tool for selecting families eligible for pancreatic cancer screening: An Italian study of incident cases

Background PancPRO is a computer program that estimates the risk of pancreatic cancer for asymptomatic individuals based on a genetic model of susceptibility and the familial incidence of cancer. Aim To evaluate the distribution of the familial risk in a series of incident cases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Materials and methods The lifetime risk of pancreatic cancer was calculated by PancPro for a hypothetical 40-year-old son of 570...