Are you at high risk for pancreatic cancer?

The cause of pancreatic cancer is still unknown, but data show that the incidence rate is relatively high in patients with diabetes who smoke a lot for a long time and eat a high-fat, high-animal protein diet, suggesting that pancreatic cancer is related to diet, carcinogens ingested from smoking, and environmental pollution. The following are the high-risk groups for pancreatic cancer.

1. People over 40 years old have non-specific upper abdominal symptoms, such as intermittent upper abdominal pain or unexplained persistent upper abdominal and back pain, unexplained anorexia and weight loss, etc.

2. Sudden onset of diabetes, especially atypical diabetes, in patients over 60 years old, with no family history, no obesity, and who quickly develop insulin resistance. 40% of pancreatic cancer patients have diabetes when diagnosed.

3. Recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis are important precancerous lesions in a small number of patients, especially chronic familial pancreatitis and chronic calcific pancreatitis.

4. Familial adenomatous polyposis. The incidence of this disease combined with pancreatic cancer is higher than that of the normal population.

5. There is a family history of pancreatic cancer.

6. Smoking, heavy drinking, occupational exposure, long-term high-fat diet and obesity.

7. After subtotal gastrectomy for benign lesions, the incidence of pancreatic cancer increases by 1.65 to 5 times, especially in people more than 20 years after surgery.

In recent years, the incidence of pancreatic cancer in my country has increased significantly. Studies have found that the majority of patients are obese, overweight, and those who often consume a lot of sweets and high-fat diets. When people eat, they stimulate the pancreas to secrete a large amount of enzymes to help digest meat, oils, etc. If you consume too much high-fat, high-protein food, it will cause a burden on the pancreas and cause pancreatic cells to undergo malignant transformation.

In addition, high-fat, high-protein foods can stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, release hormones, and increase the sensitivity of the pancreas to carcinogens. Studies have found that regardless of gender, if they are seriously overweight, their risk of developing pancreatic cancer within 5 years is 45% higher than that of people with normal weight. Overweight women are even more at risk of this disease.

For people at high risk of pancreatic cancer, they should pay special attention to abnormal changes in their bodies and go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible if any abnormalities occur to avoid delaying treatment.