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Fruit, vegetables may reduce pancreatic cancer risk

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An epidemiologic study suggested eating a great quantity of fruit and vegetables might assist reduce the hazard of pancreatic cancer in men.

The case-regulate study included 586 pancreatic cancer instances and 4,778 regulates in 8 Canadian provinces in between 1995 and 1999. The dietary habits were surveyed and analyzed using a multivariate analysis method. Identified and grouped were 3 dietary patterns, WESTERN characterized by high intake of meat, sugar, and refined grains; FRUIT/VEGETABLES characterized by high intake of fresh fruits and cruciferous vegetables; DRINKER characterized by high intake of liquor, wine and beer.

The study found that those who ate the highest quantity of fruit and vegetables (highest quartile) are fifty % less probable to have pancreatic cancer than those who utilized the lowest quantity of fruits and vegetables (lowest quartile). There was no association with the Western dietary and drinker patterns.

Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death in men and the fifth in women. As predicted by the American Cancer Society, about 32,181 individuals in the United States shall be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and about 31,801 shall die of the disease.

The study was carried out by André Nkondjock and collegues from University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and other enterprises. The outcomes were issued in the Might one issue of Interfederal Journal of Cancer.

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