While rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing for both men and women, they’re climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black.
are increasing for both men and women, they’re climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black.
The increase is small, however, and shouldn’t be alarming, but future studies will need to examine these trends, Gaddam said. In the study, researchers used data from the National Program of Cancer Registries database, which represents approximately 65% of the U.S. population, on patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer between 2001 and 2018.But rates among women under the age of 55 rose 2.4% higher than rates among men of the same age. Similar increased rates were observed among older men and women.
Pancreatic cancer has the highest death rate of all major cancers. It is more common among men than women.
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