We also identified SNPs (insertions and deletions [INDELs]) embedded within the 3′UTR of the mitotic kinase checkpoint inhibitor gene, WEE1.* This site is a previously published HuR binding site.15 Tumor samples from resected patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the FPC group from the JPTR were analyzed using standard gene amplification techniques to identify wild-type, heterozygous, and homozygous WEE1 allelic alterations. This evidence concerns the gene WEE1 and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.