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is alcohol a risk factor for pancreatic cancer? usmleworld says no..but my canadian book says it can be...


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i donīt have a definitive answer for this. I read in UW itīs not a risk factor. But in Tierney (CMDT) when describes the complications of chronic pancreatitis says: "Pancreatic cancer develops in 4% of patients after 20 years; the risk may relate to tobacco and alcohol use".

So I donīt know confused


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Alcohol MAYBE A risk for pancreatic CA

Risk of CA for alcohol
1. oral
2. larynx
3. pharynx
4. esophagus
5. liver

and MAYBE for the following
1. gastric
2. pancreatic
3. breast

But I doubted they gonna ask


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