Asthma and nasal allergies associate with reduced pancreatic cancer risk

Aims: In order to corroborate the existing reports about allergies and PDAC risk we evaluated the association between PDAC and asthma by using the ECRHS (European Community Respiratory Health Survey) questionnaire that provides reliable diagnostic information about atopic disease and represents the...

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Published in:Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] 2015-06, Vol.15 (3), p.S124-S125
Main Authors: Gomez-Rubio, Paulina, Zock, Jan-Paul, Sharp, Linda, Hidalgo, Manuel, Carrato, Alfredo, Ilzarbe, Lucas, Michalski, Christoph, Molero, Xavier, Farré, Antoni, Perea, José, Greenhalf, William, O'Rorke, Michael, Tardón, Adonina, Gress, Thomas, Barberà, Víctor, Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Tatjana, Domínguez-Muñoz, Enrique, Muñoz-Bellvís, Luís, Löhr, Matthias, Scarpa, Aldo, Real, Francisco X, Malats, Núria
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Language:English
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Asthma
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Pancreas
Pancreatic cancer
Studies
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Summary:Aims: In order to corroborate the existing reports about allergies and PDAC risk we evaluated the association between PDAC and asthma by using the ECRHS (European Community Respiratory Health Survey) questionnaire that provides reliable diagnostic information about atopic disease and represents the largest case sample size examined for this association so far.
ISSN:1424-3903
1424-3911
DOI:10.1016/j.pan.2015.05.439