Chronic inflammation markers are associated with risk of pancreatic cancer in the Swedish AMORIS cohort study.

Sam SollieDominique S MichaudDebashis SarkerSophia N KaragiannisDebra H JosephsNiklas HammarAida SantaolallaGoran WalldiusHans GarmoLars HolmbergIngmar JungnerMieke Van Hemelrijck

Published in: BMC cancer (2019)

We found an increased risk of pancreatic cancer associated with pre-diagnostic serum levels of haptoglobin, CRP and leukocytes. Our finding suggests a possible role of chronic inflammation in the aetiology of pancreatic cancer and highlight the need to further investigate this association.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
peripheral blood
drug induced