Pancreatic Cancer

The pancreas is a large organ located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. It is gladuale organ that is made up of tissues and ducts. This gland is part of the digestive systemin relation to the endocrine gland that is attach to the first section of the small interstine known as the duodenunm. When the process of digestion occur, the pancreas secretes pancreatic juice containg digestive enzymes to break down carbohydtes, protein, and lipids for nutritn absorption in the small intestine. The pancreas also has a role with the exocrine system, producing several importsnt hormones vital to the human body. These hormones include insulin and glucagon. Both of these hormones help maintain a constant blood sugar level. The pancreas does its job very well but if there was a disturbance things may go severely wrong for both digestive and hormonal system thus, leading to Diabetes type 1 and 2 occurring when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to regulate glucose levels, pancreaitis which is inflammation of the pancreas due to smoking and excess amount of alcohol consumption. Disruption of the digestive system affect the development of biles in the ducts and dysfunction of the gallbladder as well as other factors that may all lead to pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic carcinoma is cancer of the pancreas. It is consider a malignant neoplasm disease of abnormal mass of tissue. Normally, the cells in the body follws an orderly growth, division, and eventually dies off but when the process for the pancreas is interrupted cancer begins to form at site. The most common type of pancreatic cancer is the adenocarcinoma arising from the exocrine gland as glandular cells in the duct of the pancreas but they can also come from the enzymes cells of the pancreas call acinar cell carcinoma. A small amount of tumors come from islet cell and they are classified as neuroendocrine tumors relating to the endocrine gland There are many other types of pancreatic cancer