Advances in the epidemiology of pancreatic cancer: Trends, risk factors, screening, and prognosis

• Published in: Cancer letters Vol. 520; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Cai, Jie, Chen, Hongda, Lu, Ming, Zhang, Yuhan, Lu, Bin, You, Lei, Zhang, Taiping, Dai, Min, Zhao, Yupei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.11.2021; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biomarker; Cancer screening; Diabetes mellitus; Early Detection of Cancer; Epidemiology; Gender differences; Humans; Literature reviews; Malignancy; Mathematical models; Medical prognosis; Mortality; Mutation; Pancreas - pathology; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; Pancreatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - genetics; Pancreatic Neoplasms - therapy; Population genetics; Prediction model; Prediction models; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Screening; Systematic review; Trend; United States > US; China; Trend; Screening; Biomarker; Pancreatic cancer; Prediction model

Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy with poor prognosis and high mortality. The recent increase in pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality has resulted in an increased number of studies on its epidemiology. This comprehensive and systematic literature review summarizes the advances in the epidemiolo...