Soft drinks may increase cancer risk

Posted April 13, 2010

People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week almost double their risk of pancreatic cancer, finds research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention.

Although rare, pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease. Only 5 percent of people who are diagnosed survive five years later.

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