RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Simultaneous cancer of the pancreas occurring in husband and wife.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 537
OP 540
DO 10.1136/gut.21.6.537
VO 21
IS 6
A1 L J Ferguson
A1 J M Watts
YR 1980
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/21/6/537.abstract
AB The simultaneous occurrence of cancer of the pancreas in husband and wife is reported. Both patients shared two dietary idiosyncrasies--namely, (1) the ingestion of copious amounts of margarine in which they cooked all their food and (2) the addition of 'coffee syrup', a liquid concentrate of coffee, to their ground coffee before percolation. The possible role of the latter in the aetiology of pancreatic cancer is discussed.