Having a family member under 50 diagnosed with pancreatic cancer increases risk
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 01:49
in Health & Medicine
A person who has multiple family members with pancreatic cancer ("familial pancreatic cancer") is six times as likely to develop that cancer. This risk is even higher, nine times that of the general population, if one of their relatives developed their cancer under the age of 50, according to a new study.