The pancreatic cancer (pancreatic cancer) is a rare but malignant tumor of the pancreas (pancreas), often at the head of the pancreas. n Germany 15 of the disease every year 100,000 people in pancreatic cancer. Thus, the pancreatic cancer only three percent of all cancers. But pancreatic cancer is not only rare but also malicious. According to the German Cancer Society, the pancreatic cancer six percent of all cancer deaths. For women pancreatic cancer is the fourth and the men the cause of death. The pancreatic cancer occurs between the 50th und 80. And 80 Years of age.
The causes of pancreatic cancer are not conclusively settled. However, certain risk factors known to the pancreatic cancer favor. These include a strong cigarettes and excessive alcohol consumption and a fatty diet. Similarly, increased regular contact with chemicals, such naphthylamine and benzidine, the risk of pancreatic cancer in an ill health. But a chronic and diabetes and genetic hereditary diseases can be a pancreatic cancer is emerging.
The pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose. Because the complaints are rather mild and rare. The most common symptoms of pancreatic cancer are pain in the upper abdomen and also in the back. Similarly, jaundice, itching and weight loss frequent symptoms. Other symptoms may include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
The treatment of a varies. An operational intervention is promising, provided that the pancreatic cancer at an early stage and therefore is recognized not yet spread. This may include the entire pancreas removed. The function of the pancreas, digestive enzymes for the production of hormones and blood sugar to provide medical care must then be fed. A radiation and chemotherapy will be applied, if the tumor is not (fully) be removed. These complaints can be mitigated and the tumor can be reduced. Similarly, radiation and chemotherapy, an operation upstream.
The chances of cure for pancreatic cancer are limited. Only in the rarest cases, the operable pancreatic cancer. Accordingly, the above risk factors be avoided in order to reduce the risk.