Alcohol Abuse and Pancreatic Diseases: An Overview.

CONCLUSIONS: Chronic abuse of alcohol, but not occasional alcoholic intoxication, causes pancreatic damage. Regarding pancreatic neoplasms, the role of alcohol is under debate in ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma as well as in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Few relevant patents are also described in this review. PMID: 25925405 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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