Among the significant network nodes 14/23 were supported by literature to be involved in pancreatic cancer (ELK1, ELK3, NFKB2, MXD1, NCK1, AKT1, YWHAH, STAT5A, TRAF6, MUC1, ZEB1, NFATC2, PRKCZ and SHC1). This evidence concerns the gene SHC1 and familial pancreatic carcinoma.