| Literature DB >> 22589078 |
Sara H Olson1, Robert C Kurtz.
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease for which only a small number of risk factors have been identified. In addition to older age, male gender, and black race, risk factors include smoking, obesity, long-standing diabetes and pancreatitis, and heavy alcohol use; allergies such as hay fever are related to lowered risk. Several genetic syndromes increase risk of pancreatic cancer. Work on more common genetic variants promises to reveal more potentially important genetic associations.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22589078 PMCID: PMC4159073 DOI: 10.1002/jso.23149
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Surg Oncol ISSN: 0022-4790 Impact factor: 3.454