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Lennon et al. Genome Medicine 2010,2:39 /content/2/6/39 MINIRE VIE W ABO blood group and other genetic variants associated with pancreatic cancer Anne Marie Lennon , Alison P Klein and Michael Goggins * 1 2,3,4 1,2,3 cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA2, p16, STK11, PALB2 and PRSS1), cigarette smoking, chronic pancreatitis, long-standing diabetes, obesity, Helicobacter pylori infection and occupational exposures [8]. However, these factors do not fully