What You Need to Know about Preventing...
Pancreatic Cancer
What’s the Evidence?
The evidence is convincing that carrying excess body fat is a cause of cancer of the pancreas. High amounts of abdominal fat in particular is also probably a cause.
This is one of the reasons AICR recommends being as lean as possible within the healthy weight range.
Eating plenty of foods containing folate, such as dark green leafy vegetables, can probably reduce your risk of this type of cancer, according to AICR experts.
How Preventable is Pancreatic Cancer?
AICR experts estimate that following the above advice could prevent thirty-nine percent of pancreatic cancer cases in the US every year.
That's nearly 15,000 cases this year.
What the Panel’s Judgments Mean
Convincing
strong, consistent and unlikely to change in the future
Probable
compelling but not quite strong or consistent enough to be "convincing"
Limited Evidence – Suggestive
too limited for a grade of "probable", but a general consistency in the data
Limited Evidence – No Conclusion
too inconsistent or insufficient for a definitive grade
Substantial Effect on Risk Unlikely
enough evidence to rule out a connection
