| Pancreas in located in the upper abdomen. Pancreas | | | | available. |
| contains glands that are responsible for various body | | | | The many causes of this deadly disease are smoking, |
| functions like secretion of insulin that controls the | | | | consumption of alcohol and long term presence of |
| sugar level in blood apart from using sugar as a | | | | diabetic condition. Some of the alternative pancreatic |
| energy source. Pancreas also secretes glands that | | | | cancer treatments include radiation therapy, green |
| help in digestion of food. A cancerous growth around | | | | tea. |
| pancreas is termed as pancreatic cancer. This disease | | | | Radiation therapy: Radiation therapy is a method of |
| is considered to be a deadly disease and is | | | | treating cancer by allowing high energy x-rays to |
| considered a silent killer since the disease could hardly | | | | pass through the cancer cells and thereby sealing the |
| be detected till it reaches an advanced stage. Though | | | | growth of deadly cancer cells. Radiation therapy is |
| surgery and chemotherapy are considered the | | | | usually given along with chemotherapy in the case of |
| possible treatments for pancreatic cancer, nowadays | | | | this disease. This treatment is completely painless and |
| many alternative pancreatic cancer treatments are | | | | has to be administered for a period of few weeks. |