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Comment
. 2025 May 22;22(5):e1004615.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004615. eCollection 2025 May.

Power in numbers: Harnessing global data to unravel the alcohol-pancreatic cancer link

Gilaad G Kaplan  1
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Comment

Power in numbers: Harnessing global data to unravel the alcohol-pancreatic cancer link

Gilaad G Kaplan. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

The global burden of pancreatic cancer is substantial, highlighting the need to identify modifiable risk factors. In a multi-country study, Sabine Naudin and colleagues demonstrate a clear association between alcohol consumption and the risk of pancreatic cancer.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: GGK is an Academic Editor on PLOS Medicine’s editorial board. GGK has received honoraria for speaking or consultancy from AbbVie, Amgen, Janssen, Pfizer, and Takeda. GGK received grants for research from Ferring and for educational activities from AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Ferring, Fresenius-Kabi, Janssen, Pfizer, Takeda. He shares ownership of a patent: TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, AND PBC. UTI Limited Partnership, assignee. Patent WO2019046959A1. PCT/CA2018/051098. 7 Sept. 2018.

Comment on

  • Alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: An analysis from 30 prospective studies across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
    Naudin S, Wang M, Dimou N, Ebrahimi E, Genkinger J, Adami HO, Albanes D, Babic A, Barnett M, Bogumil D, Cai H, Chen C, Eliassen AH, Freudenheim JL, Gierach G, Giovannucci EL, Gunter MJ, Håkansson N, Hirabayashi M, Hou T, Huang BZ, Huang WY, Jayasekara H, Jones ME, Katzke VA, Koh WP, Lacey JV, Lagerros YT, Larsson SC, Liao LM, Lo K, Loftfield E, MacInnis RJ, Männistö S, McCullough ML, Miller A, Milne RL, Moore SC, Mucci LA, Neuhouser ML, Patel AV, Platz EA, Prizment A, Robien K, Rohan TE, Sacerdote C, Sandin S, Sawada N, Schoemaker M, Shu XO, Sinha R, Snetselaar L, Stampfer MJ, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Thomson CA, Tjønneland A, Um CY, van den Brandt PA, Visvanathan K, Wang SS, Wang R, Weiderpass E, Weinstein SJ, White E, Willett W, Woslk A, Wolpin BM, Yaun SS, Yuan C, Yuan JM, Zheng W, Brennan P, Smith-Warner SA, Ferrari P. Naudin S, et al. PLoS Med. 2025 May 20;22(5):e1004590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004590. eCollection 2025 May. PLoS Med. 2025. PMID: 40392909 Free PMC article.

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