12 Early Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer
Risk Factors
Just because you have a risk factor, or even several of them at once does not mean you have or will get cancer. Some people with few or no risk factors at all can also develop pancreatic cancer just as some people with all the risk factors will not develop it at all.
The risk factors for pancreatic cancer are smoking, diabetes, obesity, inflammation of the pancreas, a family history of pancreatic cancer, and ethnicity. According to research, African Americans have a slightly higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer than Hispanics, Asians, and Caucasians.
