Fateful fat: Intra-pancreatic lipids cause pancreatic cancer
Maxim S. Petrov
Abstract
intra-pancreatic fat increases the risk of pancreatic cancer. This provides persuasive human evidence of causal relation between lipids and cancer in the pancreas, which confirms a prediction of the PANDORA hypothesis.
Topics & Concepts
Mendelian randomizationPancreatic cancerPancreasInternal medicineCancerMedicineProspective cohort studyEndocrinologyOncologyBiologyGeneGeneticsGenotypeGenetic variantsPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchCancer, Lipids, and MetabolismLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment