How the technology affects the treatment of pancreatic cancer
How the technology affects the
Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer?
Abstract
As the technology world grieves figuring visionary and Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, it 's worth taking a closer look at the disease he publicly battled. This paper will discuss the detailed and information about pancreatic cancer and how the technology helps to detect, prevent and cure the disease. This paper will show different statistics of pancreatic cancer at different stages of the cancer. American Cancer Society put together statistics as a part of their “Learn about Cancer “tab on their website. Primary findings show that survival rates are low even at the earliest stage and continue to become even lower at the later stages.
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, after lung, colon and breast cancer. The lifetime risk of developing it is about 1 in 71. This year, about 44,030 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and the disease will kill about 37,660 people, according to the American Cancer Society. About 95 percent of people with pancreatic cancer die from it, experts say. It 's so deadly because during the early stages, when the tumor would be most treatable, there are usually no symptoms. It tends to be discovered at advanced stages when abdominal pain or jaundice may result. Presently, there are no general screening tools. (American Cancer Society, 2013)
Rates of pancreatic cancer have dropped slightly among men and women over the past 15 to 25 years. As people age, the risk of developing pancreatic cancer goes up. Most patients are older than 45, and nearly 90% are older than 55. The average age at diagnosis is 72.Men having a slightly higher likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer than women, which may partly result from increased tobacco use in men. In the past, when men more commonly smoked than women, the gender gap was wider. There is also a noted
Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer?
Abstract
As the technology world grieves figuring visionary and Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, it 's worth taking a closer look at the disease he publicly battled. This paper will discuss the detailed and information about pancreatic cancer and how the technology helps to detect, prevent and cure the disease. This paper will show different statistics of pancreatic cancer at different stages of the cancer. American Cancer Society put together statistics as a part of their “Learn about Cancer “tab on their website. Primary findings show that survival rates are low even at the earliest stage and continue to become even lower at the later stages.
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, after lung, colon and breast cancer. The lifetime risk of developing it is about 1 in 71. This year, about 44,030 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and the disease will kill about 37,660 people, according to the American Cancer Society. About 95 percent of people with pancreatic cancer die from it, experts say. It 's so deadly because during the early stages, when the tumor would be most treatable, there are usually no symptoms. It tends to be discovered at advanced stages when abdominal pain or jaundice may result. Presently, there are no general screening tools. (American Cancer Society, 2013)
Rates of pancreatic cancer have dropped slightly among men and women over the past 15 to 25 years. As people age, the risk of developing pancreatic cancer goes up. Most patients are older than 45, and nearly 90% are older than 55. The average age at diagnosis is 72.Men having a slightly higher likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer than women, which may partly result from increased tobacco use in men. In the past, when men more commonly smoked than women, the gender gap was wider. There is also a noted
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