Eating too much processed meat may result in a rise in the risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who eat no meat, showed a new Swedish research on Friday.

The risk of pancreatic cancer increased by 19 percent for each 50 grams of processed meat eaten every day, equivalent to a sausage or two rashers of bacon compared to those who ate no meat, said the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet in a statement.

The study, funded by the Swedish Cancer Foundation and Karolinska Insititutet, also showed that there was a 29-percent rise in pancreatic cancer risk for men who ate 120 grams red meat per day compared with those who ate no meat, the statement added.

However, there was no certain evidence showing that red meat would lead to increased risk considering rise in the cancer risk was only for men but not women, probably because men in the study tended to eat more red meat than women.

The research was published in the British Journal of Cancer, based on 11 studies with over 6,000 people having pancreatic cancer involved, said Karolinska Institutet.

"Pancreatic cancer has poor survival rates. So as well as diagnosing it early, it's important to understand what can increase the risk of this disease," Associate Professor Susanna Larsson, study author at Karolinska Institutet explained the motivation of the research in the statement.

Still, more studies are needed on the links between meat and pancreatic cancer. "But this new analysis suggests processed meat may be playing a role," said Sara Hiom, director of information at Cancer Research UK.

According to Karolinska Institutet, there were 8,090 people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Britain in 2008, taking up 3 percent of all cancer cases, while around 7,780 people died from it.