Is a positive history for a malignant neoplasia in the family a risk factor for pancreatic cancer?

Aims: Smoking, as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer (PC), was shown to accelerate its development. Aim We seeked to find out, whether a positive history for a cancer in the family, other than PC, would also be a risk factor for PC and accelerate its onset. Methods: All patients (pts) treated at our department for histo- or cytologically proven adenocarcinoma of the pancreas between 1998–2005 were interviewed for their smoking history and history for cancer in the family other than pancreatic cancer. Following our hypothesis, that a risk factor will accelerate the onset of PC, age at diagnosis of PC was modeled…