Farias AJ, Streicher SA, Stram DO, et al. - Researchers investigated the link between early adulthood weight and weight alteration (early adulthood and later in life) and incidence of pancreatic cancer (PCa) in the multiethnic cohort, overall, and by gender and race/ethnicity. An elevated risk of PCa was found to be related to: 1) weight or BMI at age 21; and 2) weight or BMI at cohort entry. Elevated risk of PCa was noted between weight and BMI alteration from age 21 to baseline. For Japanese Americans and Latinos, but not for African American, White, or Hawaiian participants, there was a significant elevation in PCa risk in relation to weight and BMI change through adulthood. Overall, a significant as well as independent effect of weight or BMI gain on the risk of PCa, particularly among Latinos and Japanese Americans, was evident in this study.