Monday 1 October 2012

Heavy Drinking, Smoking can Lead to Earlier Onset of Pancreatic Cancer

People who drink and smoke heavily may develop pancreatic cancer earlier in life, states study. In the study, published in the iAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology/i, heavy smokers with pancreatic cancer were diagnosed around age 62 and heavy drinkers at age 61 - almost a decade earlier than the average age of 72. Smoking is a strong risk factor for pancreatic cancer and alcohol has been shown to cause oxidative damage to the pancreas, which ...

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