[Risk factors of pancreatic carcinoma]

History of diabetes, chronic pancreatitis for more than 15 years, and mucinous tumors such as mucinous cystadenoma and intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of the pancreas are all risk factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Recent diabetes with gastrointestinal disorders or weight loss, acute idiopathic and recurrent pancreatitis, the discovery of a cystic lesion in the pancreatic region -all these require exhaustive imaging of the pancreas. In other words, the diagnosis of these benign tumors that risk degeneration into malignancy must not be neglected because practically it is the only way to provide early treatment of pancreatic cancer. Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer remains difficult today in the absence of reliable serum markers and clearly specific clinical situations at its onset.