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SINGAPORE: A study out of Singapore has found a link between drinking sugared soft drinks and pancreatic cancer. The study was led by the University of Minnesota, which followed some 60,000 people in Singapore for 14 years.
According to a new article in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal, American researchers found that if a person has more than two soft drinks a week, he will have an 87 per cent higher chance of getting pancreatic cancer.
The conclusions were drawn using data from the Singapore Chinese Health Study at the National University of Singapore, which is a broad, long-term project on cancer.
In this particular study, the theory is that sugar may increase pancreatic cancer cells. But one leading oncologist in Singapore said it is too early to draw this link.
Dr Ang Peng Tiam, medical director, Parkway Cancer Centre, said: "I drink more than two soft drinks in a week, so indeed, I'm not going to change my habit just because of this report.
"If indeed, sugar itself is the cause of pancreatic cancer, then you are going to see it in many other diets. For example, people who eat a lot of rice, then you have a lot of glucose in the system and people who eat a lot of sweets. But you have not seen that happening."
Besides sugar, other studies have linked the disease with eating burnt red meat as well.
Pancreatic cancer sufferers have a low survival rate, and the illness is said to affect some 230,000 people globally. - CNA/vm
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