Recognizing pancreatic cancer symptoms and risk factors
What are the Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer?
Early-stage pancreatic cancer can be difficult to detect because symptoms are rarely triggered until the cancer has advanced. As it grows, symptoms will begin to develop.
The symptoms will depend on the location of the cancer. If the tumor is in the body of the pancreas, you might experience belly or back pain and weight loss. Pancreatic cancer of the head of the pancreas tends to cause weight loss, belly or back pain, jaundice (yellow skin and eyes), dark urine, itching, or light-colored stool.
Unfortunately, by the time symptoms develop the cancer has probably grown outside of the pancreas.
Recognizing pancreatic cancer symptoms and risk factors
What is the Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer?
Pancreatic cancer treatment depends on the stage of the cancer and how far it has spread. Early stages can be treated with surgery. When the tumor has spread beyond the pancreas, then surgery is not possible. Other treatment modalities such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy can extend survival.
