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Information on Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is a relatively rareoften in people over the age of 45.
disorder, accounting for about 3 in 100The Facts on Pancreatic Cancer
cases of all cancer in the US. However,About one in 79 people will develop
the disease, which mainly affects peoplepancreatic cancer (cancer of the
over 50, is becoming more common in thepancreas) over their lifetime. In North
US as life expectancy increases.America in 2007, pancreatic cancer was
Pancreatic cancer occurs almost twice asresponsible for the fourth highest
frequently in men as in women and thenumber of deaths among cancer deaths.
disease is slightly more common inThe risk of developing pancreatic cancer
African-Americans and Polynesians.is about the same for both men and
The pancreas is a spongy, tube-shapedwomen. Pancreatic cancer is sometimes
organ about 6 inches long. It is locatedcalled a silent disease because it is
in the back of the abdomen, behind thedifficult to detect and symptoms do not
stomach. The head of the pancreas is onusually appear until the cancer has
the right side of the abdomen. It isgrown for quite some time.
connected to the duodenum, the upper endThis cancer is difficult to diagnose
of the small intestine. The narrow endbecause there are no symptoms in the
of the pancreas, called the tail,early stages and because , when symptoms
extends to the left side of the body.appear, they match other diseases.
The pancreas is a gland about fiveDepending on the stage and location of
inches long located behind the stomach.the cancer, surgery, chemotherapy and/or
It is surrounded by the liver,radiation therapy may be used. If the
gallbladder, and small intestine. Thecancer has not spread beyond the
pancreas has two main functions. One ispancreas, therapy can be successful,
to produce digestive fluids needed tobut, as stated earlier, it's very
neutralize stomach acids and break downunlikely to find pancreatic cancer in
food. The second is to produce hormones,the early stages. In later stages, often
such as insulin, that are needed tothe therapy concentrates on the comfort
metabolize sugar. Pancreatic cancerof the patient.
occurs when abnormal (cancerous) cellsComplete resection is the only effective
grow in the tissues of the pancreas.treatment of pancreatic ductal
Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leadingcarcinoma. Regrettably, such curative
cause of cancer in the U.S., and theoperations are possible in less than 15
fourth leading cause of cancer deaths.percent of patients and are limited, for
The American Cancer Society estimatedall practical purposes, to those
that 33,730 new cases of pancreaticindividuals with tumors in the
cancer would have been reported in thepancreatic head that have caused
U.S. in 2006. Although the rates ofjaundice leading to an earlier
pancreatic cancer have declined in mendiagnosis. Tumor spread to other sites
over the past 20 years, the rates inin the abdomen such as the lining of the
women have remained constant.abdominal cavity ("peritoneum"), liver,
Nonetheless, pancreatic cancer mostor to the lungs is a contraindication to
commonly affects males, occurring mostmajor surgery.



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