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Fateful fat: Intra-pancreatic lipids cause pancreatic cancer

Maxim S. Petrov

2024Cell Reports Medicine14 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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