Abstract:e16729 Background: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PADC) remains one of the most fatal malignancies with poor outcomes and prognosis. Several risk factors have been associated with its development such as smoking, age, obesity, chronic pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus and a family history of PADC. Furthermore, recent pathologic studies demonstrated that fatty infiltration of the pancreas (FP) is positively correlated with PADC development. We sought to systematically review the literature and perform the first meta… Show more
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