Chronic and excessive consumption of alcohol can trigger the development of pancreatic cancer. — dpa
A new study has revealed insights into how inhibiting a cellular molecule could help thwart the onset of alcohol-related pancreatic cancer, potentially adding to doctors’ understanding of how booze causes the deadly illness.
Published in the medical journal Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the findings explain in more detail how CREB, a DNA-binding protein previously linked to cancer of the pancreas, contributes to disease setting in.
