SEER Training Modules 11/27/12 - The NCI is working on updating
materials. - Socioeconomic status: incidence higher in lower
socioeconomic groups. - Place of residence: incidence higher in
urban populations. - Age: people between 60 and 80 years of age.
- Gender: men (slightly more common than in women). - Race:
African-Americans (slightly more common than in Caucasians). -
Life style: smoking and alcoholism. - Industrial chemicals:
workers exposed to solvents and petroleum compounds. - Family
history: people with a history of pancreatic cancer in a close
family member. - Hepatitis B and C: people with a history of
chronic liver disease, particularly cirrhosis that results from
chronic hepatitis B or C infections or alcoholism. - Known
carcinogens: nitrosamines, polyvinylchloride, thorotrast,
aflatoxins. - Age: people in late middle age or older. - People
with nutritional deficiencies, or hemochromatosis (excessive
iron deposits in the body's tissues). Gallbladder and Bile Duct
Cancers - Age: people are 60 to