Epithelial-Cell Hyperproliferation Induced in the Exocrine Pancreas of Mice by a Western-Style Diet

• Main Authors: Xu, L. X., YANG, K., Newmark, H., Leung, Denis H. Y., Lipkin, M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1996
• Subjects: Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/91
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Pancreatic cancer is a common cause of mortality in the United States, with an estimated 27 800 people dying of the disease in this country in 1996. Epidemiologic studies have suggested that Western diets containing high fat, high protein, and low calcium contents are associated with increased incid...