Pancreatic Cancer – Know the Symptoms and Identify Early

The organ for longevity is not the heart or the brain; it’s the pancreas that helps digestion, provides energy, and manages metabolic and hormonal balances. The rising incidence of pancreatic diseases and cancer raises a serious concern.

What is Pancreatic Cancer?

It is the cancer that occurs in the cells of the pancreas. The pancreatic cancer starts from the duct. The pancreas is the organ that lies in the abdomen, near the stomach.

The Functions of the Pancreas Include:

• • Digestion of food
• • Regulate blood sugar levels.

What Are the Types of Pancreatic Cancer?

Exocrine Cancer – It is a type of cancer that is formed on the internal surface of the duct. It may also be caused in the cells that produce digestive enzymes.

Neuro-endocrine Cancer – It is a hormonal cancer that occurs in the hormone-producing cells of the pancreas. It mainly occurs in the Islets of Langerhans.

Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer

• • Pain in the upper abdomen
• • Unusual weight loss
• • Back pain
• • Jaundice
• • Nausea
• • Bowel changes
• • Skin rashes
• • Diabetes onset
• • Blood clot

The Risk Factors of Pancreatic Cancer

Smoking – The cigarette contains carcinogens that cause cancer or irritate the pancreatic cell lining.

Obesity – The extra body fat increases the amount of cholesterol, which disrupts the functioning of the organs.

Sudden Diabetes – Any tumor caused in the pancreas may interfere with insulin production.

Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals – The harmful chemicals, like dyes, pesticides, etc., cause DNA damage.

Chronic Pancreatitis – Inflammation caused by various diseases of the pancreas, caused by alcohol use, gallstones, or genetic stones.

What is the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer?

• Surgery: It is the process in which the head of the pancreas is removed. It may also involve the removal of part of the small intestine and the bile duct.
• Chemotherapy: It is the use of chemotherapy drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy is given as the first treatment to shrink the tumor or after the surgery.
• Radiation Therapy: These are the high-energy radiations that are used to shrink the cancer tumor before and after the surgery.
• Targeted Therapy: These are the drugs that inhibit specific proteins and enzymes in the cancer cells.
• Immunotherapy: In this, the T-cell activity is enhanced by using antibodies, etc.

What Are the Medicines for Pancreatic Cancer?

• • Apragem – Gemcitabine
• • Albumin-bound paclitaxel (Nab-paclikast)
• • Capecitabine – Capekast

Platinum Drugs:

• • Cisplatin – Cycokast
• • Oxaliplatin – Oxazer

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