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Information on Pancreatic Cancer

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




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