Implications and issues related to familial pancreatic cancer: a cohort study of hospitalized patients.

Background: The surveillance of subjects at risk of pancreatic cancer is restricted to clinical research; the incidence of familial pancreatic cancer needs to be better established. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the frequency of familial pancreatic cancer in a population of hospitalized patients with pancreatic cancer.

Methods: A retrospective study based on the hospital charts of patients discharged with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.