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ArticlePancreas2014

Diagnosis of pernicious anemia and the risk of pancreatic cancer.

Pari Shah, Andrew D Rhim, Kevin Haynes, Wei-Ting Hwang, Yu-Xiao Yang

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Article in Pancreas, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pari ShahFrom the *Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; and †Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and ‡Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Andrew D Rhim
Kevin Haynes
Wei-Ting Hwang
Yu-Xiao Yang
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHELLEY L BERGER · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARDUL1RR024134 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 2006 to 2011
$70.4M
CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING IN GASTROENTEROLOGYT32DK007740 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI James D Lewis · 1997 to 2026
$9.2M
Dissecting stromal-epithelial interactions in the adult exocrine pancreasK08DK088945 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RHIM, ANDREW D · 2010 to 2015
$765k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024134NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK088945NIDDK NIH HHS K08-DK088945NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007740NIDDK NIH HHS T32-DK007740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesA number of studies have demonstrated a trophic effect of gastrin on pancreatic cancer cells in vitro. Pernicious anemia (PA) is a clinical condition characterized by chronic hypergastrinemia. The aim of this study was to determine if PA is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer.

methodsThis study is a retrospective cohort study using The Health Improvement Network database, which contains comprehensive health information on 7.5 million patients in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 2009. All patients with PA in the study cohort were identified and composed of the exposed group. Each exposed patient was matched on practice site, sex, and age with up to 4 unexposed patients without PA. The outcome was incident pancreatic cancer. The hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using multivariable Cox regression analysis.

resultsWe identified 15,324 patients with PA and 55,094 unexposed patients. Mean follow-up time was similar between groups (exposed 4.31 [SD, 3.38] years, unexposed 4.63 [SD, 3.44] years). The multivariable adjusted hazard ratio for pancreatic cancer associated with PA was 1.16 (95% confidence interval, 0.77-1.76; P = 0.47).

conclusionsThere is no significant association between PA and the risk of pancreatic cancer.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAgedAged, 80 and overAnemia, PerniciousCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalFemaleHealth Information SystemsHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPancreatic NeoplasmsProportional Hazards ModelsRegression AnalysisRetrospective Studies

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PMID24622073
PMCPMC4015141
OpenAlexW2021129265

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