Concerns Regarding the Utility of High-Risk Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance
cancer mortality risk.Second, other covariates could be more finely divided, such as splitting body mass index to further differentiate obesity.Alcohol intake could be categorized by types of alcohol and daily intake amounts.Family history could be specified to identify high-risk hereditary cancers, like Peutz-Jeghers syndrome or Lynch syndrome.Conducting subgroup analyses on these populations would provide a better understanding of tobacco's effect on different populations.Furthermore, we were worried about the possible confounding by indication due to the policy of cancer screening targeting high-risk smoking populations.We hope for an explanation of the related policies.In conclusion, further research is needed to quantify and convert the 2 main types of tobacco and study their associations with different populations to fill the knowledge gaps in this area.
Authors
- Christopher R. Dasaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9924-195X)
- Vinay Prasad
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Temple University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Oncology
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.5519
- Primary Topic
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of California, San Francisco