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SUBMITTER: Prizment AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3241825 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prizment Anna E AE Gross Myron M Rasmussen-Torvik Laura L Peacock James M JM Anderson Kristin E KE
Pancreas 20120101 1
<h4>Objectives</h4>Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased pancreatic cancer risk; however, the nature of this relationship is not clear. We examined the link between 10 diabetes-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms and pancreatic cancer in a case-control study conducted in 1994 to 1998.<h4>Methods</h4>Cases (n = 162) were ascertained from hospitals in the Twin Cities and Mayo Clinic, Minn. Controls (n = 540) from the general population were frequency matched by age, sex, and race. Uncon ...[more]