Pancreatic Cancer Medical Report Pancreatic Cancer is a disease that can go undetected for a long period of time‚ often defined as the silent disease. This is a very common form of cancer rating as the fourth prominent cause occurring in men and women. It has been shown that most of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are above 50‚ although it still can occur in those at a younger age There are many different interments and devices that can be used to detect any form of pancreatitis. A
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Cancer is a disease that affects cells in the body by taking over good cells and corrupting them with bad cells. Cancer can start anywhere in the body at any time. Cancers are benign or malignant tumors affecting the cells in the body. Pancreatic cancer is a very aggressive cancer affecting many Americans today. Pancreatic cancer attacks the pancreas and can spread to different organs in the body. Pancreatic cancer causes more death in men and women than any other type of cancer (Krempien‚ R.‚ &
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Pancreatic Cancer Cancer of the pancreas is the fifth most common cause of death in both men and women. Pancreatic cancer affects approximately 33‚730 Americans each year. The pancreas is a gland found behind the stomach that is shaped a little like a fish. The pancreas is around six inches long and less than two inches wide‚ and it spans across the abdomen. The pancreas makes enzymes to break down food. Jaundice‚ a condition marked by the yellowing of the skin and eyes commonly occurs
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and less than 2 inches wide across the belly. Pancreatic Cancer: Is a disease in which malignant cells are found in the tissues of the Pancreas. Pancreatic Cancer Classification Stages Stage 0 of Pancreatic Cancer In stage 0‚ abnormal cells are found in the lining of the pancreas. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue. Stage 0 is also called carcinoma in situ . Stage l In stage I‚ cancer has formed and is found in the pancreas only. Stage
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What is pancreatic cancer? Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive form of cancer that develops in the tissues of the pancreas. Located in the abdomen behind the lower part of the stomach‚ the pancreas aids in digestion. It contains both exocrine glands (which produce enzymes that help the body digest food) and endocrine glands (which produce hormones‚ including insulin‚ that help control blood sugar levels in the body). Pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose and once it is found it has usual spread to
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PANCREATIC CANCER Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which cells become abnormal and multiply without control or order and form a malignant tumor in the tissues of the pancreas. The pancreas is a gland about 6 inches long that is shaped like a thin tadpole lying on its side. It lies behind the stomach and in front of the spine. The wider end of the pancreas is called the head‚ the middle section is called the body‚ and the narrow end is called the tail. The pancreas has "exocrine" cells that
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Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas‚ the pancreas secretes enzymes that aid digestion and hormones that help regulate sugars. Cancer begins to form when a cell in the pancreas begins to reproduce uncontrollably and crowds out normal cells. The cause of pancreatic cancer is difficult to pinpoint because cancer is a mutation of the DNA‚ but can be partially explained by mutations inherited through parents and someone’s exposure to carcinogens‚ cancer causing chemicals. Inherited
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What is Pancreatic Cancer The pancreas is a gland that is located behind the stomach and in front of the spine made up of two major parts. It produces digestive juices called hormones that regulate blood sugar and help break down food. Pancreatic cancer is a disease when cells in the pancreas start to grow out of control. Which then a tumor is formed in side of a person pancreas. Pancreatic cancer is fundamentally a disease caused by damage to the DNA.This damage is often referred to as mutations
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Pancreatic cancer‚ a disease primarily affecting elderly on the range of 60 of age and above‚ has ranked as fourth causes of cancer-related death with the 5-year survival rate less than 5% in the United State. As reported by (Morana et al.‚ 2010)‚ the prevalence of tumors originated in the pancreatic head is 60%‚ 15% in the body while 5% of pancreatic tumors originate in the tail. The pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the most common type of pancreatic cancer originating from the pancreatic head
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a 69 year old man who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Andre owns a chain of Italian restaurants and his well known in the community. Ander is married and has a large family including children‚ grandchildren and great grandchildren. Every holiday the family gets treated to a family home cook out and Andre prepare himself. Andre is concern this year that he may not be able to cook for the upcoming event so Andre is feeling depressed. Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas this
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