What is Pancreatic Cancer The pancreas is a gland that is located behind the stomach and in front of the spine made up of two major parts. It produces digestive juices called hormones that regulate blood sugar and help break down food. Pancreatic cancer is a disease when cells in the pancreas start to grow out of control. Which then a tumor is formed in side of a person pancreas. Pancreatic cancer is fundamentally a disease caused by damage to the DNA.This damage is often referred to as mutations
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Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas‚ the pancreas secretes enzymes that aid digestion and hormones that help regulate sugars. Cancer begins to form when a cell in the pancreas begins to reproduce uncontrollably and crowds out normal cells. The cause of pancreatic cancer is difficult to pinpoint because cancer is a mutation of the DNA‚ but can be partially explained by mutations inherited through parents and someone’s exposure to carcinogens‚ cancer causing chemicals. Inherited
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A. Disease/Disorder Pancreatic Cancer B. Background Info Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of your pancreas — an organ in your abdomen that lies horizontally behind the lower part of your stomach. Your pancreas secretes enzymes that aid digestion and hormones that help regulate the metabolism of sugars. Pancreatic cancer often has a poor prognosis‚ even when diagnosed early. Pancreatic cancer typically spreads rapidly and is seldom detected in its early stages‚ which is a major reason
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their heads. Almost two years ago‚ I had to face this thought head-on when my mother’s cousin‚ Frankie‚ developed Pancreatic cancer. I remember when she called me on the phone to relay the news. "He’s done" was the first thing I said. Pancreatic cancer is the shittiest of the cancers because it’s the most fatal. There’s always a sliver of hope with other cancers‚ but not with Pancreatic. There’s no possibility of remission. There’s no silver lining. At that moment‚ I knew he was going to die. I finally
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KILLER: PANCREATIC CANCER Background of Personal Experience with Pancreatic Cancer My family never knew that pancreatic cancer was such a deadly disease that can creep up on you‚ until my aunt‚ Cathy L. Usey‚ was diagnosed with it in Aug.2008. My aunt Cathy better known as Big Mama was a 13 year breast cancer survivor when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I know you’re probably thinking the same thing my family was thinking "how could someone who had already survived a cancer be diagnosed
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when she told me she had it‚ and I cried for days knowing she was going to die because we had no money for the surgery.When I turned sixteen I realized there was nothing we could do to help my mom . Now‚ I’m seventeen and she has stage three pancreatic cancer. All I know is that I am doing this for her not to die and to live through her obstacle. “James‚ wake up bro!are you ready we are almost there!” As I was awaking from my daydream I felt a sudden stop and I felt the van lurch‚ and that’s when
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affects the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer? Abstract As the technology world grieves figuring visionary and Apple‚ Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs‚ it ’s worth taking a closer look at the disease he publicly battled. This paper will discuss the detailed and information about pancreatic cancer and how the technology helps to detect‚ prevent and cure the disease. This paper will show different statistics of pancreatic cancer at different stages of the cancer. American Cancer Society put together statistics
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Feasibility of Fecal MicroRNAs as Novel Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer Are there means of detecting Pancreatic Cancer sooner? The article “Feasibility of Fecal MicroRNAs as Novel Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer” is all about multiple studies done in hopes of finding alternate means to spot out pancreatic cancer (PCA) in its early and beginning stages. The reason for so much emphasis and stress on this study according to the article is because it clearly states that “PCA is the
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Abstract Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide and has a poor five year survival rate. A reason for this poor survival rate is the delay in diagnosis due to the late presentation of symptoms. This paper focuses on the different imaging modalities used to detect and diagnose pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Radiography is a modality utilized when a patient presents with abdominal pain or back pain‚ two common symptoms of PDAC. Ultrasound (US) is the commonly used front
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Luis F Vega Jr NUR 1211 Breast Cancer Case Study Mrs. Thomas‚ a 57 year old married lawyer‚ was found to have a 4 X 6 cm firm‚ fixed mass in the upper‚ outer quadrant of the right breast during a routine physical examination‚ and a stereotactic core biopsy indicated a malignant tumor. Although the surgeon recommended a mastectomy because of the size of the tumor‚ Mrs. Thomas chose to have a lumpectomy. Now three weeks postoperative‚ she is scheduled for chemotherapy. Subjective Data Never
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