MOSCOW, June 24 The American Cancer Society (ACS) has named five prerequisites development of pancreatic cancer. The first of these is genetics. According to the results of a study published in the Journal of American Medical Association, mutations in six genes can provoke pathology. Such mutations can also be found in people whose family does not have a history of pancreatic cancer. Alcohol abuse has a negative effect. This can lead to pancreatitis. ACS experts do not recommend that women consume more than one serving of alcohol per day, men are allowed one glass more. Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer can cause alcohol abuse for a long time. Obese patients are at risk. According to Rakesh Jain, MD, most patients with pancreatic or breast cancer were overweight or obese.
