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.
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Soft drinks boost deadly pancreatic cancer risk
Pooling 14 prospective cohorts covering 853,894 people and 2,185 pancreatic cancer cases, researchers found drinking sugar-sweetened carbonated soft drinks was tied to a moderate but significant rise in risk. Coffee and tea showed no association with the disease.
Food
Processed meat boosts risk for pancreatic cancer
A British Journal of Cancer analysis of 11 studies and 6,643 pancreatic cancer cases found an extra 50 g of processed meat a day went with 19% higher risk and 100 g a day with 38%. Lifetime risk stays low, about 1 in 77 men, and researchers say larger studies are still needed.
Food
Processed meat, red meat up pancreatic cancer risk
A meta-analysis of prospective studies tied 50 grams a day of processed meat to 19% higher pancreatic cancer risk in both sexes, and 120 grams a day of red meat to 13% higher risk overall and 29% among men. Women eating that much red meat showed no increase.
Disease
Type 2 diabetes mellitus boosts risk of pancreatic cancer
A review in Molecular Carcinogenesis by MD Anderson's Donghui Li reports that people with type 2 diabetes face a 50 to 100 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer, argues the evidence points to cause rather than mere association, and notes metformin use lowers the risk.
Food
Heavy drinking boosts death risk from pancreatic cancer
Tracking 1,030,467 adults from 1982 to 2006, American Cancer Society researchers found drinkers up to 25 percent more likely than non-drinkers to die of pancreatic cancer. Among never-smokers, three or more drinks a day carried 36 percent higher risk. Liquor drove the link; beer and wine did not.
Food
Drinking coffee tied to pancreatic cancer
Pooling two Italian case-control studies with 688 pancreatic cancer cases and 2,004 controls, researchers found coffee drinkers 34 percent more likely to have the disease. They doubt a causal link, since risk did not track with dose or duration. Decaf and tea showed no link.
Nutrition
Alcohol boosts pancreatic cancer risk - study
A meta-analysis of 21 case-control and 11 cohort studies in the International Journal of Cancer found people drinking three or more drinks a day were 22 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer. Separately, British scientists rated alcohol the most harmful drug overall.
Cancer
Cigarette smoking may boost pancreatic cancer risk - study
In a study following 120,852 people for 16.3 years, current smokers had an 82 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer and former smokers 34 percent, compared with never-smokers. Risk fell gradually after quitting and was no longer raised 20 years on.
Cancer
Soft drinks boost pancreatic cancer risk - study
A Nature study timed pancreatic cancer at an average 11.7 years to the first cancer cell, 6.8 more years before it can spread and 2.7 years to kill, suggesting a window for prevention. A Singapore cohort study found people drinking two or more soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk.
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer, linked to dietary habits, grows slowly - studies
Johns Hopkins researchers modelling mutations from patients who died of pancreatic cancer estimate about 11.7 years for the first cancer cell to arise in a high-grade lesion, 6.8 more years before spread, and 2.7 years to death, leaving a window for earlier detection.
Cancer
Cancer's Favorite Food - Found in Everything You Eat?
A Cancer Research study found pancreatic tumor cells handle fructose and glucose in different ways, using fructose to divide and proliferate. The finding challenges the idea that all sugars act alike and may bear on earlier links between fructose and pancreatic cancer.
Food
Fructose promotes growth of pancreatic cancer
UCLA researchers compared how pancreatic cancer cells in Petri dishes use glucose and fructose, and found the cells route fructose through the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway to build nucleic acids for division. Lead author Anthony Heaney calls refined sugar a hidden danger.
Cancer
Meat and fat linked to pancreatic cancer
Chan and UCSF colleagues compared 532 pancreatic cancer cases with 1,701 controls and found the highest intake of beef or lamb carried 120 percent greater risk, with raised risk also for hamburger, eggs, butter and total dairy. Eating more lean chicken or turkey tracked with 30 percent lower risk.
Watch-List
Soft drinks linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer - study
Following 60,524 adults in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years, researchers counted 140 pancreatic cancers and found those drinking two or more soft drinks a week had 87 percent higher risk. Yale's Susan Mayne cautions the study cannot show cause.
Supplements
Vitamin C, E, Omega 3-fatty acids prevent pancreatic cancer
In a San Francisco Bay Area case-control study, the highest intakes of vitamins C and E were tied to 31 and 33 percent lower pancreatic cancer risk and omega-3s to 53 percent lower, while high saturated fat intake was tied to 60 to 160 percent higher risk. Vitamins from food showed no link.
Diet
Well-done meat linked to high risk of pancreatic cancer*
In a prospective analysis of 62,581 people, those who preferred very well done steak were about 60 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than people eating less well done steak or none. High-temperature frying, grilling and barbecuing carried the risk; baking and stewing did not.
Drug
Clinical Testing of Pancreatic Cancer Drug Called to Abrupt Halt
SciClone Pharmaceuticals halted all testing of its pancreatic cancer drug RP101 during phase 2 on a safety review board's recommendation. The piece notes the disease has no screening test and lists risk factors including age, male sex, diabetes, obesity and activity level.
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