Gallstone Disease May Predict Pancreatic Cancer
Patients with pancreatic cancer were 3 times more likely to have gallstone disease in the year prior to their cancer diagnosis, when compared with non-cancer patients.
Patients with pancreatic cancer were 3 times more likely to have gallstone disease in the year prior to their cancer diagnosis, when compared with non-cancer patients.
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