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Because blood type is genetically pre-determined, the finding suggests that the formation of cancer may hinge on more than one’s habits...
Published on Mar. 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the study aimed to confirm data in decades-old literature that examined the relationship between blood type and a variety of cancers...
Human blood groups—O, A, AB, and B—are defined by specific proteins expressed on the surface of red blood cells. Fuchs and his team narrowed in on pancreatic cancer as a means to reevaluate the connection between these blood types and cancerous tumors...
Using O blood as a basis for comparison, the researchers found successively higher risks of pancreatic cancer in A, AB, and B blood types...
Future studies may indicate the exact predisposing genetic risk factor for pancreatic cancer, Wolpin said...