DETROIT â€" A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer â€" and that only age is a contributing factor.
The results contradict a previous study in 2008 that suggested a link between pancreatic cancer and previous hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver caused by a viral infection.
Study results will be presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases' Annual Meeting in Boston.