5 sodas a week = 87% increase risk in pancreatic cancer - 2/8/2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100208091924.htm
Added On February 8, 2010
A new study suggests a link between drinking soda and developing pancreatic cancer. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.

Soft Drink Consumption May Markedly Increase Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2010) — Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Although relatively rare, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most deadly, and only 5 percent of people who are diagnosed are alive five years later.

Mark Pereira, Ph.D., senior author on the study and associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, said people who consume soft drinks on a regular basis, defined as primarily carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages, tend to have a poor behavioral profile overall.

However, the effect of these drinks on pancreatic cancer may be unique.

"The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth," said Pereira.

For the current study, Pereira and colleagues followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years. During that time, there were 140 pancreatic cancer cases. Those who consumed two or more soft drinks per week (averaging five per week) had an 87 percent increased risk compared with individuals who did not.

No association was seen between fruit juice consumption and pancreatic cancer.

Pereira said that these results from Singapore are likely applicable to the United States.

"Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent health care. Favorite pastimes are eating and shopping, so the findings should apply to other western countries," said Pereira.

Susan Mayne, Ph.D., associate director of the Yale Cancer Center and professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, said these study results are intriguing but have some key limitations that should be considered in any interpretation.

"Although this study found a risk, the finding was based on a relatively small number of cases and it remains unclear whether it is a causal association or not. Soft drink consumption in Singapore was associated with several other adverse health behaviors such as smoking and red meat intake, which we can't accurately control for," said Mayne, an editorial board member of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Pereira points out that the findings are biologically plausible, held up in non-smokers, remained similar after taking other dietary habits into account and are consistent with findings in Caucasian populations.

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[nctwinsmom]

main stream sodas are no longer made with real sugar. real sugar is not the culprit - this high fructose crap is the killer! 

and how funny this other lady made sure to add, not diet sodas?!

diet sodas are just as bad because of aspertame!

[StabbyRaccoon]

Soda is terribly unhealthy but I dislike these kinds of studies that try to slap a statistic on a correlation. People read it and think "5 sodas a week increases the risk of pancreatic cancer by 87%" and that's simply not accurate because oftentimes a (seemingly) obviously unhealthy food is a marker for other unhealthy habits that account for as much or even more of the statistic than the food in question,

Either way sugar is terrible and the less the better. I just dislike the headline,

[katakisLives]

@badmudda There's a new cancer scare practically every week!

[katakisLives]

Stuff this there is NO WAY I'm gonna stop drinking soda's I probably had the equivilent of two soda's today alone!

[CanyonOasis]

@nctwinsmom sugar and HFCS are basically metabolically identical. They are both as bad as each other. HFCS fructose/glucose ratio is 55/45, while sugar is 50/50. There is next to no difference between them.

[sammysamsoccer]

yeah but that 100 bags of sugar taste wayy better in pop

[badmudda]

we cant really live if were too afraid to die....not saying live to eat, but fuck it everything is "linked" to cancer nowadays...

[FootbalFutbolS0ccer]

jus drink vitaminwater and be quiet.. u dont need to have hr long discussions about soda.. we know its bad

[gr33nlion]

@nctwinsmom let em know.

[ed11561]

@nctwinsmom Real sugar is bad- cane sugar- beet sugar-HFCS is 10 times as bad H& aspartame & sucralose is 100x's worse. they are killing all of US.

[tzeqin]

@StabbyRaccoon - I know, but not all tests get to go double-blind gold standard. The reporter than did a disclaimer 'Not a perfect study...but' ... Oh wells, oversensationalization for the greater good may just work the panic button for obesity is now a gloabl epidemic.

[tzeqin]

@nctwinsmom - I second that, the jury for long-term study on fake sugars is still out. Not getting fatter does not equate to ergo healthier. Aaa *tears hair.