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# Red meat, processed meat up pancreatic cancer risk
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/red_meat_pancreatic_cancer_0314120531/
- Published: 2012-03-14T19:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:20:32.000Z
- Description: A British Journal of Cancer meta-analysis of eleven prospective studies and 6,643 cases found each additional 120 grams of red meat a day was linked to a 13 percent higher pancreatic cancer risk, 29 percent in men and no association in women, and 50 grams of processed meat to 19 percent.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, Red Meat, Pancreatic Cancer, #vivvo-import

By David Liu, PHD

Wednesday March 14, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Eating red meat may boost risk for pancreatic cancer, according to a new study led by S C Larsson and A Wolk and released on Jan 31 2012 in the British Journal of Cancer.

The study meta-analysed data from eleven prospective studies of 6643 pancreatic cancer cases and found eating additional 120 grams of red meat per day increased the risk for pancreatic cancer by 13 percent.

When only men were considered in the analysis, red meat consumption was correlated with 29 percent increased pancreatic cancer risk in men. But the association was not seen in women.

The study also found that eating additional 50 grams of processed meat was associated with pancreatic cancer risk by 19 percent.

The researchers concluded "findings from this meta-analysis indicate that processed meat consumption is positively associated with pancreatic cancer risk. Red meat consumption was associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in men. Further prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings."

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly malignancies. The National Cancer Institute says that 43,920 men and women in the United States are expected to be diagnosed with this disease in 2012 and 37,390 are expected to die from the disease in the U.S. in the same year.