HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Pork reduces pancreatic cancer risk by 75%

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Thursday 19 January 2012

Pork reduces pancreatic cancer risk by 75%

This study was published in the International Journal of Cancer 2002 Mar 20;98(3):480-2

Study title and authors:

Lifestyle factors and pancreatic cancer risk: a cohort study from the Swedish Twin Registry.

Isaksson B, Jonsson F, Pedersen NL, Larsson J, Feychting M, Permert J.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11920604

This study of 12,204 female and 9,680 male twins examined the effect of pork consumption on the incidence of pancreatic cancer.

The study found that those who consumed the most pork had a 75% reduced risk of pancreatic cancer.