Blocking digestive hormone may prevent diet-induced pancreatic cancer
Friday, August 3, 2018 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
A high-fat diet may promote the growth of pancreatic cancer independent of obesity because of the interaction between dietary fat and cholecystokinin (CCK), a digestive hormone. In addition, blocking CCK may help prevent the spread of pancreatic tumors to other areas of the body (metastases).