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Does pancreatic cancer cause severe acid reflux? or only stomach cancer causes it?
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Either, neither: Can have severe acid reflux without any cancer at all. Anything that causes obstruction to stomach emptying (or blocks the duodenum-first part of small intestine) can increase reflux; this can include cancerous and non cancerous causes.
Answered 6/10/2017
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Gerd: Acid reflux is caused by an incompetent valve between the stomach and esophagus. Long term reflux can cause a disease called barretts esophagus which can lead to esophageal cancer. Pancreatic cancer and gastric cancer are not significant causes of acid reflux.
Answered 10/22/2016
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