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Canadian Study Links Daily Alcohol to Higher Pancreatic Cancer Risk

6/17/2026

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Canadian researchers at the University of Victoria’s CISUR published a review linking alcohol to pancreatic cancer.
The study corrected former-drinker bias and adjusted for age, smoking and socioeconomic status.
They found that consuming over 24 g of alcohol daily raised pancreatic cancer risk by 10-30 percent.
The authors urge the WHO to list pancreatic cancer as alcohol-related, noting a Canadian five-year survival rate of about 12 percent.

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Researchers Link Alcohol

Researchers report ethanol metabolism creates acetaldehyde, a mutagen that damages DNA and can trigger pancreatic tumors.
They find chronic alcohol exposure creates an inflammatory microenvironment that increases fibrosis and cellular stress, promoting pancreatic oncogenesis.
The meta-analysis removes former-drinker bias, sets a new methodological benchmark, and supports lead scientist Jinhui Zhao’s call to use precise dose-response data in counseling and to track alcohol use with pancreatic cancer rates for targeted interventions.

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Canadian Researchers Link

Canadian researchers at the University of Victoria’s CISUR published a review linking alcohol to pancreatic cancer.
The study corrected former-drinker bias and adjusted for age, smoking and socioeconomic status.
They found that consuming over 24 g of alcohol daily raised pancreatic cancer risk by 10-30 percent.
The authors urge the WHO to list pancreatic cancer as alcohol-related, noting a Canadian five-year survival rate of about 12 percent.

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