For a long time, the disease remained largely unnoticed. However, today, pancreatic cancer has become the focus of medical attention: in France, more than 15,000 diagnoses are now recorded annually, a 50% increase in just one decade. This dramatic increase makes it one of the most alarming cancers of our time.
Between 1990 and 2018, the number of new cases increased by 2.7% annually in men and 3.8% in women. If this trend continues, pancreatic cancer could soon become the second leading cause of cancer death, after lung cancer. This begs the question: what explains this rapid increase?
Pancreatic cancer: the flammable nature of cancer, the scientific exploration of inattentive pistes

Alcohol and tobacco: factors well identified, but insufficient.