Relationship between autoimmune pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer: A single-center experience

摘要

Objectives: Ordinary chronic pancreatitis (CP), such as alcoholic CP, is well established to have the increased risk for pancreatic cancer (PaC), nevertheless an association between autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and PaC is still unknown. The aims of this study are to examine the frequency of patients who developed PaC during follow-up after being diagnosed with type 1 AIP and to compare the incidence rate of PaC between patients with type 1 AIP and CP.