> More than 90% of patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC), have a mutation in the Kras gene.
So pancreatic cancer is basically a genetic disease for most patients instead of environmental?
So pancreatic cancer is basically a genetic disease for most patients instead of environmental?
DNA is unstable. Lots of stuff cause mutations: background radiation, chemicals, viruses, even our own normal metabolism [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_oxygen_species#Oxidat...