Zheng J, et al. - In the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, researchers assessed the risk of pancreatic cancer in relation to Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) scores. They also focused on effect modification by inflammation-associated lifestyle factors such as body mass index, cigarette smoking, diabetes, alcohol drinking, and use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. A follow-up was performed for a median duration of 13.4 years, during which time 2,824 primary incident pancreatic cancers were diagnosed. Overall, a link between inflammatory potential of diet and pancreatic cancer was not supported in this study. Findings revealed that none of the inflammation-related lifestyle factors examined caused a modification of the link between energy-adjusted DII scores and pancreatic cancer.