Article: Reports outline pancreatic cancer research from National Cancer Institute.

"Diets with high glycemic index and glycemic load have been associated with insulin resistance. Insulin resistance has been implicated in the etiology of pancreatic cancer," scientists writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention report (see also Pancreatic Cancer).

"We prospectively investigated the associations between glycemic index, carbohydrates, glycemic load, and available carbohydrates dietary constituents (starch and simple sugar) intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer. We followed the participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study from 1995/1996 through December 2003. A baseline self-administered food frequency questionnaire ...

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