1. Healthy Living Project By: Soila Magdalena Douce
Pancreatic Cancer
Healthy Living Project
By: Soila Magdalena Douce

2. About Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreas is a gland behind your stomach and in front of your spine.
Produces juices that help break down food and the hormones that control blood sugar levels.
Pancreatic cancer starts in the cells
Symptoms do not show easily
Symptoms do not show right away after you are diognosed

3. Symptoms Yellowing of skin and Eyes Pain in the abdomen and back
Weight Loss
Tired
Pain in upper abdomen
Darkened urine
Diarrhea
Back Pain

4. Cause of Pancreatic Cancer
Cause of this disease is a tumor
The size and location, of the tumor depends whether or not it is serious

5. Frequency or rate of Pancreatic Cancer
1-5 years Survival rates are 25% and 6%
80% of people diagnosed with it from 6-10 months
30% of people diagnosed with this disease are men
African Americans are more likely to get pancreatic cancer

6. Risk Factors Some risk factors for getting pancreatic cancer:
Smoking a lot
Long-term diabetes
Hereditary disorders

7. How is the disease diagnosed?
If patients has pain in upper abdomen and pain radiates to lower back
The symptoms
Location of the cancer
CT Scan
Computed tomography
Endoscopic needle biopsy
Endoscopic ultrasound ‘

8. What is treatment? Surgery Radiation Chemotherapy
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

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