Study finds processed meat could cause pancreatic cancer
Posted: 01/17/2012
You may want to watch how much processed meat you eat.
Swedish researchers found that a person's odds of getting pancreatic cancer went up 19 percent for every serving of processed meat they added to their daily diet.
They noted some of the studies they looked at did not account for other factors that could lead to cancer.
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