A research shows that eating one sausage a day or two rashers of bacon raises the risk of pancreatic cancer by a fifth, the Daily Mail reported.

Scientists have found that even relatively small amounts of processed meat increase the chance of developing the deadly illness, including pancreatic cancer, known as "the silent killer" because it often does not produce symptoms in early stages.

Now scientists in Sweden have found that eating just 50g of processed meat a day raises the likelihood by 19 percent.

(China.org.cn January 27, 2012)

據英國《每日郵報》報道，一項研究顯示，每日食用一根香腸或兩片咸肉，患上胰腺癌的幾率會增加五分之一。

科學家發現，經過加工的肉制品，即使少量食用，也可能增加患致命疾病的幾率。胰腺癌被稱為“無聲殺手”，因為罹患該病早期沒有任何征兆。

瑞典科學家表示，每天食用50克加工肉制品，得胰腺癌的幾率將增加19%。