Pancreatic cancer symptoms and how to treat

Pancreatic cancer symptoms and how to treat

Cancer that originates in the pancreas is divided into two types,

The cancers pancreatic ducts (called glandular cancers) more than 90% of cases,

And the remaining are tumors of cancer cells (often of insulin-producing cells), which manufactures hormones.

The pancreatic cancer affects almost all its older,

Increasing incidence of the disease increases with age and long life.

May be a cigarette and the pancreatic inflammation factors contributing to chronic disease incidence.

:: Symptoms::

When pancreatic cancer is often the only symptom is

An unspecified feeling uncomfortable,

There is another view

Eating belly pain,

And radiates from the abdomen to the back,

And whenever they bend over the patient's body forward,

It also weakens the patient's appetite and reduces weight.

Most Pancreatic Tumors affecting pancreatic head,

When you grow up that tumors can block bile from the liver out stream

And blocking the bile ducts into the intestine,

This makes the bilirubin (pigment yellow pigment yellow from Orange) accumulates in the body,

It follows the emergence of jaundice and itching,

And the color of the urine and stool color is light brown very color of clay,

While the larvae are often tumor had grown in size considerably.

In the case of tumors that consist of hormone-producing cells

The symptoms depend on the hormone that is produced in large quantities,

In most cases, this hormone is insulin

Which frequently lead to low blood sugar levels and the tendency for fainting, confusion and trembling and sweating.

:: Pancreatic cancer treatment options::

If the doctor in the presence of pancreatic cancer,

There are a number of tests or examinations,

And include blood tests to detect tumor markers

(Proteins produced by the tumors into the bloodstream).

Although ultrasound, computerized CT

Constitute the mainstay for pancreatic cancer

And the progress of the case the tumor,

The both methods can lose sight of the diagnosis of some cancers.

There are other tests including a colonoscopy procedure to photograph the bile ducts and pancreatic injection reverse which also allows tumor sample to be tested and remove any blockage.

Sometimes doctors use CT computer guide fine needle until you reach the pancreas to collect some cells are examined under a microscope to determine whether cancerous or not.

The only treatment for pancreatic cancer is

Pancreatectomy in whole or in part,

And it is feasible only in the few patients who were diagnosed before the cancer spreads,

The likelihood of relapse and be more likely if any cancerous cells in a limfet close to or if the tumor has spread to nearby tissues.

Use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy to make tumors shrink

Or treatment after surgery, vitrectomy

But these therapies do not prolong life.

Enter tubes (trusses) within the bile duct using the ERCP can improve significantly the quality of life without surgery.