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By: Kevin Schwindler
We still do not know exactly what causes most cases of pancreatic cancer. But some risk factors have been linked to age, weight, race, smoking, diabetes, or other illnesses due to the pancreas.
prevention of pancreas cancer is minimal, but the best recommendation is to avoid smoking.
The pancreas is about 6 inches long and is a gland located deep in the abdomen between the stomach and the spine. The pancreas makes insulin and other hormones needed for daily functions of the body.
According to the American Cancer Society:
• About 46,420 new cases of pancreatic cancer
• About 39,590 deaths from pancreatic cancer
*per year
Pancreatic Cancer have been slowly rising since the turn of the century.
The lifetime risk of having pancreatic cancer is about 1 in 78. Even though they very slightly from men to woman, and have other factors influencing the stats it is about the same for both men and women.
Pancreatic cancer adheres the the pancreas, located behind the stomach, causing tumor growth and expansion to other areas of the body.
A specific cancer gets its name from its original location where it starts at. so, in this case this type of cancer started in the pancreas, but it can spread to other parts of the body as well.
depending on the stage of cancer you have, your survival rates change.
With only a 5-year survival rate with only less than 5% chance of living, pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among human cancers. it also has become the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world.
You have the best odds here clocking in at 14 percent.
You have a 7 percent chance of living in this stage.
You only face a 3 percent chance of survival here
Your odds are at 12 percent survival rate here.
Here your odds decrease even more with only a 5 percent chance of survival.
The worst stage you could be in. Here the odds are against you by 99 percent, you only have a 1 percent chance of living through this cancer.
With a successful treatment you would need to eat healthier, have daily light exercise, and making healthy choices such as quitting smoking, etc.
through the years, scientists have determined that cancer doesn't just grow suddenly, over long periods of time (years) it develops and spreads through the body, thus the sooner the finding of the tumors, the more likely of a successful termination of tumors.