What are the risk factors for cancer of the pancreas?
Pancreatic Cancer
is the fifth most common cancer in the United States and is diagnosed in
about 40,000 Americans each year. In most cases, cancer of the pancreas is a
very low survival rate of result. Only 1/20 people diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer will still be alive after five years.
Early warning
signs of pancreatic cancer include pain in the upper abdomen, jaundice, loss of
appetite and WEIGHT LOSS.
There are several
known risk factors of individuals to assign a probability to develop cancer of
the pancreas. Here are eleven of the risk factors for cancer of the pancreas.
Age:
The incidence of
pancreatic cancer increases dramatically with age. Pancreatic Cancer is
extremely rare in people under the age of 50 with less than 5% of the cases
diagnosed in this age group. Three quarters of the cases of pancreatic cancer
occur in people older than 60 years.
Genus:
As is the case
with most other types of cancer, the males are about 10% more likely to develop
cancer of the pancreas than females.
Contest:
African-Americans
are 50% more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas during their lives than
whites. Native Hawaiians and the Maori of New Zealand also have a relatively
high percentage of pancreatic cancer.
Diabetes:
Those who have
been diagnosed with diabetes are slightly more likely to develop cancer of the
pancreas.
Family history:
It is believed
that about 10% of pancreatic cancer. A first degree who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
increases your chance of developing the disease tripled.
Smoking:
Heavy smokers
have smoked for at least twenty years have almost twice the risk of developing
cancer of the pancreas than non-smokers. Former smokers, light smokers and TOBACCO CHEWERS are also more at risk
to develop cancer of the pancreas.
Power supply:
A fatty diet, a
diet rich in red or processed meats, HIGH CHOLESTEROL DIET and a lack of supply of fruits and vegetables are supposed
to be linked to an increased risk to develop cancer of the pancreas.
Exposure to carcinogens:
Exposure to
certain cancer-causing chemicals such as pesticides, dyes, cadmium, nickel and
chrome asbestos dust can increase a chances of people developing cancer of the
pancreas.
Consumption of
alcohol, the evidence of a link between cancer of the pancreas and the alcohol is mixed. Excessive alcohol
consumption can lead to pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) that is
linked to cancer of the pancreas.