Body Mass Index and Risk, Age of Onset, and Survival in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
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- 24 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 301 (24) , 2553-2562
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.886
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death for both men and women in the United States. Understanding the etiology and illuminating the risk factors identifying high-risk individuals are essential to the primary prevention of this often rapidly fatal disease.Keywords
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