Several common causes of pancreatic cancer

There are many factors that cause pancreatic cancer, which are often easily overlooked by people. When the disease comes, it is too late. Therefore, everyone should understand these factors and do a good job in preventing pancreatic cancer.

The main factors are as follows:

1. Smoking

Animal experiments have shown that feeding animals with tobacco acid water can cause pancreatic cancer. A large sample survey showed that smokers are 1.5 times more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than non-smokers. The more you smoke, the higher the chance of developing pancreatic cancer. For example, the incidence of pancreatic cancer in people who smoke one pack a day is 4 and 2 times higher in both sexes than in non-smokers, respectively.

2. Improper diet

In recent years, some scholars have attributed the increase in pancreatic cancer to improper diet. Animal experiments have shown that feeding animals with a high-protein, high-fat diet can accelerate the renewal of pancreatic duct cells and increase their sensitivity to carcinogens.

3. Diabetes

It has long been known that people with diabetes are more susceptible to pancreatic cancer; however, studies in recent years have pointed out that the incidence of pancreatic cancer in diabetic patients is twice that of non-diabetic patients, and the trend is increasing; some people also believe that it is 2 to 4 times that of the normal population, but the true relationship between the two is unclear.

4. Endocrine disorders

The cause of pancreatic cancer may also be related to endocrine. The reason is that the incidence rate of men is higher than that of women before menopause, and the incidence rate of women after menopause increases, which is similar to that of men. The incidence rate of women with a history of spontaneous abortion also increases.

5. Role of Bile

For many years, some people have believed that bile contains carcinogenic factors. Because bile can flow back into the pancreatic duct, and pancreatic tissue is more sensitive to carcinogenic factors than bile duct, pancreatic cancer is much more common than bile duct cancer.