Pancreatic Cancer Depending on Blood Group
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous kinds of oncological diseases. It is characterized by a very rapid clinical course and a very high death rate. Every year about 800 thousand new patients with this disease are diagnosed only in Europe.
The risk of occurrence of pancreatic cancer closely depends on the blood group. People with blood group O are less subject to this disease, than others, according to the recent study.
Authors of this research examined more than a 100,000 people suspected of pancreatic cancer. They analyzed the relation between the blood groups of patients and frequency of pancreatic cancer.
What was discovered is the significant increase of the risk of pancreatic cancer among patients with blood groups A and B in comparison with blood group O.
Among the examined people suspected of the disease about 20 patients with blood group O were ill with pancreatic cancer. More than 30 cases of blood group A were revealed during the study. About 40 patients suffering with pancreatic cancer had blood group AB. Patients with blood group B turned out to be the most subjected to the disease (almost 50).
Further investigation is necessary to support the findings and to understand the mechanism due to which ABO antigens (which presence define this or that blood group) can influence the risk of occurrence of pancreatic cancer.