Risk Determination for Pancreatic Cancer

  • Maria I Toki Oncology Unit, 3rd Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Sotiria General Hospital. Athens, Greece
  • Konstantinos N Syrigos Oncology Unit, 3rd Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Sotiria General Hospital. Athens, Greece
  • Muhammad Wasif Saif Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA, USA
Keywords: Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Risk Factors, Smoking

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer represents one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths worldwide and constitutes a major public health problem. Despite the advances in diagnosis and treatment, the overall five-year survival remains low, thus leading the focus of medical research towards the identification and modification of potential risk factors. This year, in ASCO Annual Meeting two interesting studies were presented. Ghani et al. (abstract #e15183) sought to investigate the effect of smoking on chemotherapy response in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, while Walker et al. (abstract #4117) presented the results of their study regarding the effect of statin use in the prevention of pancreatic cancer. Both studies concluded to useful results that along with the existing literature may further stimulate medical research towards better recognition of risk factors and the application of this knowledge in the clinical practice.

Image: Pancreatic cancer cells.
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Pancreatic cancer cells (Anne Weston, LRI, CRUK, Wellcome Images)
Published
2014-07-28
How to Cite
TokiM., SyrigosK., & SaifM. (2014). Risk Determination for Pancreatic Cancer. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 15(4), 289-291. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/2591
Section
Highlights from the “50th ASCO Annual Meeting 2014”. Chicago, IL, USA. May 30 - June 3, 2014

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