10 Signs of Pancreatic Cancer You Should Never, Ever Ignore
The pancreas is one of the most important organs in the body, but everyone does not contemplate much about it. It is six inches in size, but it helps in the digestion of food and controls your blood sugar. It generally ensures it’s work effortlessly, overdue the scenes. However, it can affect the whole functioning of your body if something goes wrong. According to National Cancer Institute (NCI) only 2% of the people in their whole life are detected with pancreatic cancer. Most commonly it is found in old people of over 60 years of age, but this cancer has also been found in young people of twenties and thirties.
The most terrifying thing about pancreatic cancer is that unlike most of the other types of cancer, it has the highest rate of deaths-according to NCI, only 8% of the people survive five years after the diagnosis.
Why Does Pancreatic Cancer Have Such High Death Rates?
Why is it so? Because it is very difficult to identify this cancer in the early, curable stages. Because pancreas is present deep inside our body that is why initial tumors can not be felt or seen and mostly people ignore or do not notice its symptoms, until it has spread to all other organs of the body, the American Cancer Society notifies.
Therefore, it is very important to understand the initial symptoms of pancreatic cancer and to take them seriously if you experience any of them.
I have observed that women are inclined to wait and visit the doctor when the symptoms become severe, but do not take such a risk because of such a high rate of deaths in pancreatic cancer, call the doctor if you have any of these symptoms; it is not senseless, we would rather see you and its nothing than miss a cancer.
Dr. Anton Bilchik, Professor of surgery, and Chief of GI research at John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica
Here are some of the common indications of pancreatic cancer that everyone must know.
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