Diet high in fat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer

New research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that a fatty diet can increase a person's risk of pancreatic cancer. The researchers reviewed surveys from more than 500,000 people and found that those eating a diet rich in saturated fats were 36 times more likely to get pancreatic cancer, according to a Xinhua wire story. For those who consumed the highest amounts of total fats, the rate of cancer was 53 percent higher for men and 23 percent higher for women, compared to participants with the lowest fat diets, ABC News said. The researchers also linked saturated fat to insulin resistance.