Heavy Drinking Associated to Death from Pancreatic Cancer
A study has shown that drinking too much alcohol could be associated to deaths from pancreatic cancer.
The authors of the study wrote that pancreatitis is commonly acquired by those who consume too much alcohol.
The study, which examines the relation between pancreatic cancer and alcohol consumption, was conducted by researchers from the American Cancer Society using data from Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II). The researchers noted that 6,847 of the people monitored in the study lost their lives from pancreatic cancer.
The study found that drinking too much liquor would give a 36 percent higher risk to the person of dying from pancreatic cancer, than those nondrinkers.
Susan Gapstur, American Cancer Society vice president of epidemiology, stated that the results of the study suggest that heavy drinking of alcohol is a risk factor for such cancer. She added that the findings emphasize the significance of the guideline made by the Society to prevent cancer. The guideline recommends that drinking alcohol should be limited to not more than a drink everyday for women and a couple of drinks for men.
Dr. Alberto J. Montero, an expert of pancreatic cancer, cited that the study serves as a confirmation to what people had been suspecting. He also stated that there are really no good survival chances for pancreatic cancer.
Montero added that it is likely for pancreatic cancer to be detected or found when it cannot be operated anymore. He also said that people with pancreatic cancer can resist chemotherapy compared to patients of other types of cancer.
Montero emphasized that cancer in the pancreas in not common, which means there is only a small risk of getting it. According to him, the likelihood of smokers to get lung cancer is higher than drinkers to get pancreatic cancer.
Meanwhile, Gapstur cited that the effects of smoking cannot be given enough comparison from that of alcohol because people who drink alcohol also most likely smoke.
Gapstur underscored that the findings of the study refers only to liquor intake and not wine or beer intake. She said that though there is no clarity as to the reason why there is differences in the effect according to beverage type, she believes it could be because of the higher amount of alcohol taken in one drink of liquor compared to beer or wine.
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