Cancer: ‘Very common’ disease may increase cancer incidence sixfold – ‘strong predictor’

The expert continued: “It is such a terrible disease, and survival is so low.

“People present at such an advanced stage so anything we can do to try to diagnose people earlier and make sure that they’re getting curative treatment is crucial.

“This might be a key to better understanding next steps in screening, management and earlier diagnosis.”

The pancreas and gallbladder are both integral parts of the digestive system that assist in the breakdown of foods.

“A small number of pancreatic cancers occur in a part of the pancreas that helps regular blood sugar, “ explains Harvard Health.