| Pancreatic cancer symptoms are often difficult to | | | | with a curable or resectable lesion experience |
| detect, making it even harder to diagnose this | | | | painless yellowing of the skin. |
| potentially deadly disease. It's important to | | | | Trusseau Sign (Blood Clots) |
| remember that many of the indicators will not | | | | Trusseau Sign is a secondary affliction that |
| present themselves until after the disease is in an | | | | causes grumes or blood clots to develop in |
| advanced stage. Keep reading for a list of possible | | | | hepatic portal veins, abstruse veins and surface |
| signs. | | | | veins without warning. While not exclusive to |
| Stomach Pains | | | | patients with pancreatic cancer, it is often |
| Among the basic pancreatic cancer symptoms is | | | | associated with the disease. |
| a soreness or pain in the high abdomen. Patients | | | | Depression |
| often complain that the pain spreads through the | | | | Though not as exhaustively accounted or |
| area and around to their back. Many people going | | | | referenced, depression is a subtle side effect of |
| through this type of discomfort will often | | | | pancreatic cancer. The clinical depression often |
| experience alleviation once they lean forward. | | | | develops even before the disease is detected. |
| This type of abdomen pain is usually present in | | | | Doctors and researchers are still unsure why or |
| the majority of patients (approximately 80%), | | | | how the two connect. |
| but is typically only evident during the advance | | | | How Pancreatic Cancer is Diagnosed |
| stages of the disease. Eating can often worsen | | | | Pancreatic cancer is typically diagnosed after the |
| the pain or cause increased discomfort. | | | | above symptoms are either detected by the |
| Loss of Appetite | | | | patient or the supervising doctor. After the |
| Weight loss and a decreased appetite are often | | | | indicators are evaluated, liver function tests and |
| typical symptoms affiliated with pancreatic cancer. | | | | tests for CA19-9 - a marker for pancreatic |
| Regrettably, these are also common signs often | | | | cancer - are often performed. |
| associated with other afflictions and diseases, | | | | CT scans and ultrasounds are other common |
| particular those affecting the digestive system. | | | | methods of detecting pancreatic cancer and used |
| Painful or Painless Jaundice | | | | to detect visible tumors or lesions. An endoscopic |
| Since pancreatic cancer can block the bile duct - | | | | ultrasound or biopsy can also be used to obtain |
| which flows partly through the head of the | | | | and test tissue samples. |
| pancreas - jaundice is a frequent symptom of the | | | | Pancreatic Cancer Screening |
| disease. Tumors that develop on the pancreas are | | | | If you have two or more immediate family |
| typically the root of jaundice development, which | | | | members (or three or more extended relatives) |
| is characterized by a yellowing of the skin. | | | | who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer |
| Typically, jaundice for patients with pancreatic | | | | symptoms, you should ask your doctor about |
| cancer is accompanied by dark urine and pruritus, | | | | early screening for the disease. Pancreatic cancer |
| or itching. Approximately half of pancreatic cancer | | | | symptoms often don't present themselves until it |
| patients with local forms of the disease | | | | is too late, making early screening critical for |
| experience painful jaundice while the other half | | | | those at risk. |