Pancreatic Cancer Causes & Risks

Causes

The cause is unknown. Research shows that certain risk factors are associated with the disease.

Risk Factors

Risk factors that increase your chance of pancreatic cancer include:

Age: 40 or older
Sex: male
Smoking and using smokeless tobacco (eg, chewing tobacco) *¹
Diabetes
Chronic pancreatitis , hereditary pancreatitis, family nonpolyposis colon cancer syndrome
Family or personal history of certain types of colon polyps or colon cancer
Family history of pancreatic cancer (especially in Ashkenazi Jews with BRCA2 [breast cancer associated]) gene
High-fat diet

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