Open AccessMeta-analysis reveals an association between acute pancreatitis and the risk of pancreatic cancer
Author(s) -
Jie Liu,
Ying Wang,
Yue Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i19.4416
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , relative risk , publication bias , subgroup analysis , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , study heterogeneity , pancreatic cancer , cohort study , random effects model , gastroenterology , cancer
Chronic pancreatitis is associated with pancreatic cancer (PC), although the relationship between acute pancreatitis (AP) and the risk of PC remains unclear due to inconsistent and contradictory results.