Alcohol abuse and the risk of pancreatic cancer

• Published in: Gut Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 236 - 239
• Main Authors: Ye, W, Lagergren, J, Weiderpass, E, Nyrén, O, Adami, H-O, Ekbom, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology 01.08.2002; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; Copyright 2002 by Gut
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; alcohol; Alcoholism; Alcoholism - complications; Biological and medical sciences; Chi-Square Distribution; Chronic Disease; Confidence intervals; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Emigration; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Health risk assessment; Humans; Incidence; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - complications; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic Disease; Pancreatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - etiology; Pancreatitis - complications; Physiological aspects; Population; Prospective Studies; Registration; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Risk factors; SIRs; Smoking - adverse effects; standardised incidence ratios; Studies; Sweden - epidemiology; Tumors; Sweden; Human; Drug addiction; Chronic; Ethanol; Food intake; Alcoholism; Cohort study; Risk factor; Digestive diseases; Malignant tumor; Pancreas; Pancreatic disease

Background: Although most epidemiological studies do not support a role for alcohol in the aetiology of pancreatic cancer, an increased risk among heavy drinkers cannot be excluded. Methods: In a retrospective cohort based on the Swedish Inpatient Register, we analysed the risk of pancreatic cancer...