Pancreatic Cancer

Reports from International Agency for Research on Cancer Describe Recent Advances in Pancreatic Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 31st, 2012

2012 JAN 31 -- According to the authors of a study from Lyon, France, "Scanty and inconsistent studies are available on the relation between dietary fiber intake and pancreatic cancer. A case-control study was carried out in northern Italy to further investigate the role of various types of dietary fibers in the etiology of pancreatic cancer."

"Cases were 326 patients with incident pancreatic cancer, excluding neuroendocrine tumors, admitted to major teaching and general hospitals during 1991-2008. Controls were 652 patients admitted for acute, nonneoplastic conditions to the same hospital network of cases. Information was elicited using a validated food...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2012-01-31)

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