Pancreatic cancer and alcohol.

The aetiology of pancreatic cancer remains unknown, as for other cancers, despite continued and exhaustive clinical and laboratory research. Further studies are needed to elucidate the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer. Due to is anatomical location, detection of carcinoma of the pancreas is difficult in its operable stage. Of the various radiological modalities, real time ultrasonography seems to be most useful and will constitute the major diagnostic approach in the near future.