Study: 2 soft drinks per week raises pancreatic cancer risk
BEIJING. February 9. KAZINFORM U.S. researchers have found people who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, media reports said Tuesday quoting findings in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Researchers tracked 60,524 participants in the Singapore Chinese Health Study over 14 years. Over that time, 140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer. Those who drank two or more soft drinks a week had an increased risk -- or nearly twice the risk -- of pancreatic cancer compared to individuals consuming little or no sugar-sweetened beverages.
To be exact, the risk is 87 percent higher, even after accounting for factors like age, obesity, diabetes and cigarette smoking; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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