The way smoking stirs up pancreatic cancer is no longer an unsolved riddle because researchers in the U.S. have found that the chemicals formed by burning tobacco called, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons increase susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. Telling more about these PAH chemicals James Trosko, a professor of pediatrics and human development, said:
The PAH chemicals are related to the multi-stage, multi-mechanism process of cancer development.
This finding has tried to look at the equation of smoking and pancreatic cancer in quite a different way because earlier researchers used to believe that PAHs bring some changes in genes, resulting in cancer formation. Throwing light on the importance of this new study Trosko said:
This finding has major implications, including the possibility that dietary intervention might interrupt or even reverse the promotion of pancreatic cancers.
Another good news leaping out of this study is that people who quit smoking can dramatically improve their chances of avoiding cancers.
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Via: Earth Times