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Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer and the role of family history
Author(s) -
Olson Sara H.,
Kurtz Robert C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23149
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , pancreatic cancer , family history , cancer , oncology
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. J. Surg. Oncol. 2013;107:1–7. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.