Overview

The pancreas is an organ in your abdomen that is located behind the bottom portion of your stomach. Pancreatic cancer starts in the tissues of the pancreas. Your pancreas generates hormones that help you control your blood sugar as well as enzymes that help with digestion.The pancreas can develop both malignant and non-cancerous tumors, among other growths. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most prevalent form of pancreatic cancer, develops in the cells that lining the ducts that remove digestive enzymes from the pancreas.

Rarely is pancreatic cancer found in its earliest stages, when it is most treatable. This is due to the fact that symptoms frequently don't appear until the disease has spread to other organs. Depending on how far advanced the illness is, many treatments are available for pancreatic cancer. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of these are all possible options.

As a Leading-Edge Pancreatic Treatments and Care we treat

✶ Pancreatic Cancer

✶ Pancreatic Cysts

✶ Pancreatitis

✶ Palliative Procedures

✶ Pancreatectomy Surgery (Removal of the Pancreas)

✶ Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer

✶ Whipple Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy)

✶ Total Pancreatectomy

Types of pancreatic cancer

1. Exocrine tumors: Exocrine tumors make for more than 90% of all pancreatic tumors. Adenocarcinoma, the most prevalent type of pancreatic cancer, starts in the cells that line your organs.

2. Less than ten percent of pancreatic cancers are neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). An alternative term for a NET is islet cell carcinoma.

How long does it take to notice pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer has no obvious warning symptoms in the early stages. Some patients experience nebulous symptoms for up to a year before being diagnosed. Back or stomach ache are frequently reported as the earliest pancreatic cancer symptoms. At initially, these sensations may come and go, but they can deteriorate when you lie down or after meals.