Pancreatic cancer: More and more women are suffering from the silent killer. The number of cases among women under 25 has increased by 200 percent since the 1990s.
With a five-year survival rate of just five percent, pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rates of all cancers. Obesity is suspected to be the most important risk factor for this type of cancer. Other known risk factors include smoking and old age. However, it is still unclear why more and moreWomen are affected.