Pancreatic cancer gets thinner because it is a very aggressive cancer, which evolves very quickly giving the patient a very limited life expectancy.
Pancreatic cancer symptoms
- lack of appetite,
- abdominal pain or discomfort,
- stomach pain and
- vomiting.
These symptoms can be easily confused with other gastrointestinal disorders, which aggravates the condition.
Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
In general, the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is made very late, based on the patient's symptoms or sometimes, by chance, during a routine check-up.
Tests such as x-ray, abdominal ultrasound or computed tomography are the most common imaging tests that are done to help visualize the extent of the tumor and treatment alternatives, which sometimes do not involve surgery due to the patient's state of weakness or tumor size.
Treatment for pancreatic cancer
Treatment for pancreatic cancer is done with medication, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and sometimes surgery.
Individualized nutritional support is extremely important, and should be instituted as soon as possible, being essential for the patient's survival even when he / she is still eating well.
Pancreatic cancer survival
Statistics show that after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, only 5% of patients are able to live another 5 years with the disease. Because pancreatic cancer evolves very fast and in most cases, it produces metastases to other organs such as liver, lung and intestines very quickly, making the treatment very complex, as it involves many organs, which weakens the patient a lot.
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