What is pancreatic cancer?
Pancreatic cancer itself is one of the deadliest cancers, with 230 thousand cases globally. In the United States, 37,680 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within a year and 34,290 people die from it.
Researchers found a correlation between sugary drinks with cancer. They believe that the high sugar content in soft drinks may increase the levels of insulin in the body.
"That's why they are so much more susceptible to this deadly disease," said Dr Mark Pereira one of the researchers from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Pereira explained, people who consume soft drinks on a regular basis, tend to have a poorer diet overall.
"The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may increase the levels of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth," said Dr. Pereira.
Impressed rare indeed, but pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly diseases and only five percent of the people who are diagnosed, it can survive up to five years.
Reported by Dailymail, in a study conducted for the past 14 years, Dr. Pereira and his colleagues recruited about 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.
During that period of time, found as many as 140 cases of pancreatic cancer in the participants.
Participants who consumed two or more soft drinks per week (averaging five per week), 87% increased risk compared with individuals who did not consume soft drinks.
But the researchers found no association between fruit juice consumption with pancreatic cancer.
Dr Pereira believes that the findings have been published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention can also be applicable to all western countries.
"Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent health care. Favourit And also places to eat and shopping, so the findings can be applied to other western countries," he said.
While Professor Susan Mayne of the Yale School of Public Health study adds acyl attractive but has some major limitations that must be considered in any interpretation.
"Although this study found the risk, the finding was based on a relatively small number of cases and it remains unclear whether it is a causal association or not," said Professor Susan Mayne.
"Soft drink consumption in Singapore which is associated with several other adverse health behaviors such as smoking and red meat intake, which we can not accurately control," he added.
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