Smoking increases likelihood that pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma will become metastatic
Exposure to nicotine by way of cigarette smoking may increase the likelihood that pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma will become metastatic, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.
Long-term cigarette smoking is linked to an increased risk for colorectal cancer, even after controlling for screening and multiple other risk factors, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported in the December issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.