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Research Question:
Eating fruits and vegetables lowers the chances of getting pancreatic cancer?

Study Design:
This overview article contained 14 prospective cohort studies with a follow-up duration of 7-20 years, with 862584 participants, of which 2212 participants who got pancreatic cancer.

Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that a rise of 100 grams of fruit and vegetables a day, the chances of getting pancreatic cancer non-significant with 1% [pooled multivariate relative risk was 1.01, 95% CI = 0.99-1.03] did increase.

The researchers found that eating fruit the chance of getting pancreatic cancer non-significant with 1% [pooled multivariate relative risk was 1.01, 95% CI = 0.99-1.03] did increase.

The researchers found that eating vegetables the chance of getting pancreatic cancer non-significant with 2% [pooled multivariate relative risk was 1.02, 95% CI = 0.99-1.06] did increase.

The associations were similar for men and women separately and between the studies.

The researchers concluded that there is no link existed between eating fruits and vegetables and the reduced chance of getting pancreatic cancer.

Original title:
Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in a Pooled Analysis of 14 Cohort Studies by Koushik A, Spiegelman D, [...], Smith-Warner SA. 

Link:
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/176/5/373.short

Additional information about El Mondo:
Pancreatic cancer or pancreatic cancer is a rare cancer, which is often diagnosed in people over 70 years. The problem is that pancreatic cancer is often detected late.
Risk factors of pancreatic cancer are smoking, heredity, alcohol consumption and a diet rich in animal fats.