Best Doctors for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment in Bhopal

Pancreatic cancer is the malignancy or cancer that arise from the pancreas. Pancreas produces hormones like insulin,glucagon and pancreatic juice from the exocrine part which mainly helps in maintaining blood sugar levels and digestion. Pancreatic cancer has poor prognosis or rates of survival especially if the cancer has spread or metastasized and the chance of survival is less than an year if was diagnosed in the last stages or end stage. Although the exact cause of cancer is unknown the risk factors include family history, genetic mutations like BRCA2 & PALB2,chronic pancreatitis,diet rich in red meat, diabetes,liver cirrhosis,smoking and obesity. The symptoms are usually non specific in the early stages of cancer like abdominal pain, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, yellowish discoloration of skin and mucous membrane(jaundice) and pale stools. Diagnosis is made by medical history, imaging and biopsy to confirm and stage the cancer. Management involves surgical resection of tumor followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and other supportive care.