Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer is a disease that affects cells in the body by taking over good cells and corrupting them with bad cells. Cancer can start anywhere in the body at any time. Cancers are benign or malignant tumors affecting the cells in the body. Pancreatic cancer is a very aggressive cancer affecting many Americans today. Pancreatic cancer attacks the pancreas and can spread to different organs in the body. Pancreatic cancer causes more death in men and women than any other type of cancer (Krempien, R., & Roeder, F. 2017).
The pancreas is an organ located in the abdomen behind the lower part of the stomach. It is an organ in the human body shaped like a fish. The pancreas has two operational components: the exocrine component which aid in digestion …show more content…
There are two types of tumors that can form inside of the exocrine and endocrine components. The exocrine tumors are the most common types of pancreatic cancers and effect the exocrine gland called adenocarcinomas this type of tumor forms in the ducts of the pancreas and make up a large number of pancreatic cancer cases, (Pancreatic Cancer: Introduction. 2017).
The endocrine tumors are the least common type of pancreatic cancer and are often begnin. These tumors are often call islet cell tumors or neuroendocrine tumors. Tumors from the endocrine affects hormone producing cells (Pancreatic Cancer: Introduction. 2017).
The cause of pancreatic cancer is unknown however, there are several different risk factors that make individuals susceptible to this disease such as, exposure to chemicals, gender, age, race, family history, coffee, alcohol, physical inactivity, diabetes, inherited gene syndrome, chronic pancreatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, stomach problems, tobacco, obesity and diet. Theses risk factors can or may cause tumors cells in the pancreases to develop and multiply, allowing abnormal cells to grow with in the pancreas causing adenocarcinomas to take over cells forming pancreatic cancer (Pancreatic Cancer. (n.d.). Retrieved …show more content…
Currently there is no reliable way to diagnosis early detection of pancreatic cancer (Li, G., Huang, Y., Manjunath, Y., Kimchi, E. T., Kaifi, J. T., & Staveley-O'Carroll, K. F. 2016)., However, there are symptoms of pancreatic cancer that can be used as helpful hints in detecting cancer cells such as, yellow skin and eyes, darkening of the urine, itching, and clay-colored stool, which are signs of jaundice caused by a blockage of the bile ducts, pain in upper abdomen or upper back, painful swelling of an arm or leg due to a blood clot, burning feeling in stomach or other gastrointestinal discomforts, stomach bloating, floating stools with a particularly bad odor and an unusual color due to the body not digesting fats well, weakness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, Chills, fever, and unexplained weight loss (Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis. 2017). Clinical guidelines suggest that a preoperative assessment should be done on patient with pancreatic cancer to determine the right direction in which the patient should take when diagnosed with cancer.
Unlike other diseases pancreatic cancer cannot be transmitted from one person to another. The disease can be transmitted through genetics. Pancreatic cancer can be transmitted inside the human body from one cell to another. It can also be transmitted from one organ to another
The pancreas is an organ located in the abdomen behind the lower part of the stomach. It is an organ in the human body shaped like a fish. The pancreas has two operational components: the exocrine component which aid in digestion …show more content…
There are two types of tumors that can form inside of the exocrine and endocrine components. The exocrine tumors are the most common types of pancreatic cancers and effect the exocrine gland called adenocarcinomas this type of tumor forms in the ducts of the pancreas and make up a large number of pancreatic cancer cases, (Pancreatic Cancer: Introduction. 2017).
The endocrine tumors are the least common type of pancreatic cancer and are often begnin. These tumors are often call islet cell tumors or neuroendocrine tumors. Tumors from the endocrine affects hormone producing cells (Pancreatic Cancer: Introduction. 2017).
The cause of pancreatic cancer is unknown however, there are several different risk factors that make individuals susceptible to this disease such as, exposure to chemicals, gender, age, race, family history, coffee, alcohol, physical inactivity, diabetes, inherited gene syndrome, chronic pancreatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, stomach problems, tobacco, obesity and diet. Theses risk factors can or may cause tumors cells in the pancreases to develop and multiply, allowing abnormal cells to grow with in the pancreas causing adenocarcinomas to take over cells forming pancreatic cancer (Pancreatic Cancer. (n.d.). Retrieved …show more content…
Currently there is no reliable way to diagnosis early detection of pancreatic cancer (Li, G., Huang, Y., Manjunath, Y., Kimchi, E. T., Kaifi, J. T., & Staveley-O'Carroll, K. F. 2016)., However, there are symptoms of pancreatic cancer that can be used as helpful hints in detecting cancer cells such as, yellow skin and eyes, darkening of the urine, itching, and clay-colored stool, which are signs of jaundice caused by a blockage of the bile ducts, pain in upper abdomen or upper back, painful swelling of an arm or leg due to a blood clot, burning feeling in stomach or other gastrointestinal discomforts, stomach bloating, floating stools with a particularly bad odor and an unusual color due to the body not digesting fats well, weakness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, Chills, fever, and unexplained weight loss (Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis. 2017). Clinical guidelines suggest that a preoperative assessment should be done on patient with pancreatic cancer to determine the right direction in which the patient should take when diagnosed with cancer.
Unlike other diseases pancreatic cancer cannot be transmitted from one person to another. The disease can be transmitted through genetics. Pancreatic cancer can be transmitted inside the human body from one cell to another. It can also be transmitted from one organ to another