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PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS:

Common symptoms include:

Pain occurs in almost all patients during the course of their disease and is present in 80% at the time of diagnosis. The pain may be a dull persistent pain in the mid-abdomen or often in the back. Many patients find temporary relief by leaning forward or lying on their side and drawing up their knees (fetal position).

Unexplained weight loss

Nonspecific digestive or bowel symptoms such as diarrhea, bloating or gas, nausea, vomiting or loss of appetite

Occurrence of progressive painless jaundice, a yellowish discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes with dark-colored urine

Sudden onset of new diabetes

Pancreatic cancer disease is still considered largely incurable. According to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 4%. When a cure is not possible, progression of the disease may be accompanied by worsening weakness, weight loss, and abdominal and back pain. Since the liver and pancreas share a common drain into the duodenum, many patients with advanced pancreatic cancer develop a blockage of the liver bile duct. If the liver can't drain properly, yellow liver bile backs up into the bloodstream and stains the skin yellow, a condition called jaundice. There are a variety of effective non-operative techniques available, such as ERCP, to treat bile duct obstruction and temporarily reduce jaundice. But even with modern advances in surgery and cancer treatment, the average life expectancy once the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is made is usually less than six months. 

It is much more rewarding to prevent a cancer than to find one. Unfortunately, the same can not be said for pancreatic cancer. At present, there are no early screening techniques for this disease. By the time pancreatic cancer is diagnosed, it is usually too late for a promising outcome. In fact, pancreatic cancer has the lowest 5 year survival of any cancer. 

My husband had a back ache for 2 years prior to being dianosed. Our medical doctor misdiagnosed his symptoms thinking it was a hyper-thyroid because of his weight loss. An Endocrinologist was doing tests and my husband had yellow skin and and the whites of his eyes were yellow.  He looked at my husband on his next appt and said "I don't think it's your thryroid, I think it's your liver" and immediately ordered a CT scan which showed a tumor on the pancreas. He had immediate surgery, but it was too far advance to do the common whipple surgery for pancreatic cancer. His surgeon gave him 2 months to 2 years and his oncologist gave him 6 months to 1 1/2 years. I wish we would have taken the constant back ache more seriously and had furthing testing done on the onset of that.

 If this helps only one person with an early diagnosis, then it was worth posting this infomation in my listings.