Hormonal Factors and Pancreatic Cancer in Women

The aim of the study was to evaluate hormonal risk factors for carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas among postmenopausal women.Mailed questionnaire data from 52 cases and 233 population-based controls in Ontario were used to assess parity, age at first birth, and other hormonal factors on pancreatic cancer risk.Reduced risk was seen with three or more pregnancies [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 0.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.07-0.65] and use...