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Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer Related to Gallstones and Cholecystectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Pancreas

April 2016

From the *Departments of General Surgery and †Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Science and Technology University, Luoyang, Henan Province; and ‡Department of Physiology, The Basic Medicine College of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China.

To investigate the potential roles of gallstones and cholecystectomy in pancreatic carcinogenesis, we performed the first meta-analysis of all currently published studies by pooling relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Stratified analysis by ethnicity, study design, and common adjusted factors were also conducted. Individuals with a history of gallstones and cholecystectomy were at increased risk of pancreatic cancer (RR, 1.

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