Individuals with chronic, untreated hepatitis C virus infection may be at greater risk for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
Findings from a retrospective study of more than 6.3 million veterans also showed that HCV genotypes 1 and 3 were associated with an increased risk for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared with genotype 2.
“I certainly think these data are moving the needle,” study author Louise L. Wang, MD, MSCE, assistant professor of medicine in the section of digestive diseases at Yale School of Medicine and staff

Like many physicians at this fraught time in medicine, I am watching television news now more than ever.
Health care is always a major news story, since it is a huge part of the economy. Interest is soaring, however, because of the dramatic changes in health care policy emanating from Washington, D.C.
Health care issues have become matters of fierce partisan politics and some have even emerged as wedge issues to sway undecided voters (and, unfortunately, splinter the populace in the process). Coming from different agencies of government, the proposed changes can be confusing, inconsistent and