Does "asthma" really reduce the likelihood of pancreatic cancer? 🤔😱

Doesn't that sound incredible? A disease that many consider "asthma" burdensome has been found to be associated with a lower risk of pancreatic cancer, according to several studies in Europe. 🫁✨

Although the results of this study cannot be confirmed that asthma directly prevents pancreatic cancer, it is considered an issue that scientists are paying great attention to because it could lead to future cancer drug development.

📊 What did the research find?

Research from PanGenEU in Europe has shown that people with asthma or respiratory allergies are significantly less likely to develop pancreatic cancer than the average person, with some studies showing that the risk can be reduced by up to about 60%.

Moreover, people with chronic asthma for more than 17 years have a 61% lower risk of pancreatic cancer than the general population.

🔬 Then why is that?

The scientists proposed three main hypotheses:

🛡️ 1. The immune system is more surveillance than usual.

Asthma patients have an immune system that responds sensitively to stimuli, allowing the body to detect and remove abnormal cells from an early stage, called Immune Surveillance.

🧬 2. Changes in pancreatic tissue

Researchers have found that chronic asthma inflammation can affect the function of certain genes in the pancreas, making the environment less conducive to the occurrence and growth of cancer cells, as well as may prolong times when tumors are not yet present.

💊 3. Asthma medication may play a role.

There has been research that some inflammatory receptors, such as Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor 1, are involved in the growth of pancreatic cancer.

The drugs in the Montelukast group, which treat asthma, inhibit the receptors, leading researchers to study whether they may have the potential to inhibit pancreatic cancer cell growth. However, there is currently no recommendation to adopt these drugs to prevent or treat pancreatic cancer.

⚠️. Important thing to know.

Despite the interesting results, this does not mean that asthma is a good thing or that asthma should be used to prevent pancreatic cancer, because the relationships found also require further research to confirm the root causes and mechanisms.

However, this discovery is opening the door to new approaches to the development of pancreatic cancer drugs, which may improve the chances of treating future patients.

💙 Science often begins by observing unexpected small things, and sometimes "one disease" can also lead to new answers to the fight against "another."

# Asthma # Pancreatic cancer # Pancreas # Cancer risk # FUDA Cancer Hospital