Stages of death with pancreatic cancer
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s exocrine or endocrine but what I would like to know is what is the survival rate for individuals with this type of cancer. However age, race, gender all of that play a part. My friend was diagnosed in August 2010 and I'm not sure on whether he is taking treatments as of yet he is an elderly man and he continues to do the things that he was doing before he was diagnosed with this disease.
After reading the article I have become obsessed with dying of pancreatic cancer. My doctors and gastro doctor all tell me that pancrease is fine, CT 2.5 year ago and MRI confirmed it recently.
I spent countless hours reading these medical reports and I feel I know way too much. It's my fault and too late to erase all the facts.
Any advice on how to get through this? My psychiatrist has me on Avitan & Zoloft, which I don't take.
The CEA has been suggested as having prognostic value for patients with colon cancer with high values seen in advanced stages. It can be used to monitor the progress of disease or response to treatment. CA19-9 is elevated in about 20 to 40 percent of colon cancer. It helps to differentiate benign from malignant pancreatic disease in some cases. This is merely an advice and not substitute for clinical examination.
A PET scan was ordered and they told him he had Thyroid, Liver and Pancreatic Cancer and told us to call hospice-- basically a death sentence. We insisted on a biopsy. Thyroid and Liver tested negative but they were still insisting that he had pancreatic cancer because his CA-19 was 292! Oh, they never wanted to do a biopsy on his pancreas. So, he started his radiation in Dec, chemo orally, then in Feb. started his iv chemo.
3 days ago my father informed me that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I already know the pronosis is bleak. He has decided to do the ****** therapy as well. ****** believed the complication with my mother was she already had too much cemo in her for ****** to be effective. So i guess I have two main questions. What is your opinion of ****** therapy, and should I personally be concerned with both my parents having, or had cancer? Thanks in advance.
According to a study done, among 104,856 women and 48,928 men without cancer at baseline, they documented 349 cases of pancreatic cancer during up to 16 years of follow-up. Participants were classified according to a history of gallstones or cholecystectomy. However, adjustment for other pancreatic cancer risk factors attenuated the association. So, Gallstones or cholecystectomy do not appear to be significant risk factors for pancreatic cancer.
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I have been in the hospital for 8 days and have been told that I have pancreatic cancer. It is in the early stages. My records have been sent to the pancreatic center in Cincinati to find the best treatment available. I have had an addiction to oxycontin and went to detox and rehab. I am 11months and 5 days clean and sober and am enjoying life being sober!!!! I was given dilaudid in the hospital and I have been sent home on the Duragesic Patch.
However, it is most often immediate family members with a rate of 5 to 10 percent of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer having an immediate family member who has had the disease. There are other risk factors as well. If you are a smoker, have diabetes, are obese, have chronic pancreatitis. https://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/causes-pancreatic-cancer
Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are found at this link. https://www.webmd.
But if you do, it is treatable in its early stages and can be cured with a liver transplant. It is not a death sentence for most patients as long as they have proper medical care at a liver transplant center.
Hang in there!
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I have hep C genotype 1 and advanced cirrhosis. I have had HCC (liver cancer) for 26 months now and had 6 cancer treatments and will have a 7th this month. I have a MELD score of 36.
The father(52 yrs old) of my best childhood friend has recently been diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer on 15 of June. This had been a shock to his family and us because he seems very healthy and his company offers yearly body scan to employees. Blood test has been done every year and only the latest blood test in June showed abnormal CA199 level. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after two weeks.
She had been diagnosed shortly before with pancreatic cancer, which I have heard can be related to smoking and possibly to one of the BRCA genes. My doctor seems to think it was just old age that caused my grandmother to develop it. I am not sure if her death is directly attributable to the pancreatic cancer or if it was simply old age and the stress of undergoing surgery at such an age.
Hi I've been getting up In the mornings soon as I get out of bed I feel sick I just above my belly button it goes rigt across feels hard and when I press it I feel sick, then it wears off after I've had a brew I have a lump in my belly button I was wondering if it was anything to do with this I have had lanzoprozle now I've got to have a endoscopy and I'm scared in case I've got stomach cancer my sister in law died of pancreatic cancer very quickly after being diagnosed plea
What is the best exam to rule out Pancreatic Cancer?
I´ve been expericieng some problems in the last month: my stools are different, vague low abdominal pain and vague back pains. I am very anxious. After read about Cancer Pancreatic I can´t put my mind at rest and started feeling minor itches.
My doctor asked a ultrasound and some blood tests. After the results he said it is fine for Pancreas. But I have other problems: 2 stones in my gallblader and minor hepatic steatosis.
If your father has, in addition to the pancreatic mass, symptoms suggestive of cancer such as abdominal pain, jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), weight loss, and lack of appetite, then a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer may be considered in spite of a normal CA 19-9. Surgical excision of the pancreatic mass may be warranted in this case.
Please keep in mind that this varies according to the location of the metastisis. I personally know of survivors of many years with mets to the bone. It would also depend on your Mother's general health and what treatment will be prescribed. Another point is that all the lumps you describe in your Mother's breasts may not be cancerous; it would only take one malignant lump to cause the metastisis. Kindest regards ....
Does LDH levels being normal rule it out? I am frightened of this. No pancreatic cancer in family, but both parents and both sets of grandparents died of various cancers. The dang internet is bad for people like me with undiagnosed stuff. My stress levels have been very high lately due to this.
Could my symptoms be kidney related? I have noticed a foamy urine lately. I have a urology appt. on Wed. I am trying my hardest to get to the bottom of this.
When the liver starts to back up with toxins does it cause enlarged spleen, pancreatic bile duct enlargement, duodenum widened? Which it eventually backs up to the esophagus causing vessels to burst.
I've been told I have enlarged spleen , all the stuff I listed above. They try to check each organ but never issue the liver and hep c which I think are creating the problem.
I now have fatty tissue on the pancreas from 5 years ago and has gotten larger at last ct scan.
So sorry to hear about this bad news... I hope your father gets good information and good options at his appointment. The waiting part is so hard... hang in there... take a deep breath and take it one step at a time.
My husband was first diagnosed with massive liver cancer in 2007, and in spite of all odds he's still here, fighting the good fight.
Proteinuria or urine that contains an abnormal amount of protein may be seen with patients with diabetes or hypertension. Pancreatic Cancer may present with upper abdominal pain that may radiate to the back, yellowing of skin and the whites of the eyes, loss of appetite, weight loss, depression and blood clots. It is good that the initial CT scan was normal. It is important that you discuss the results with your attending physician for proper evaluation.
I guess my question could all of this just be a combination of gerd slight ibs and high levels of stress and anxiety. with all of these tests wouldnt they have seen if something serious was causing my symptoms? I worry about pancreatic cancer , but if cancer was causing symptoms wouldnt one of these many test have seen it? Is the ct scan reliable for ruleing out pancreatic cancer I feel like I've exhaysted all my options and dont know what else to do.
What made your friend suggest a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer? Was a mass found in that area? It might be a good idea to stick to one good doctor (preferably an Internal Medicine specialist), instead of switching doctors often, so that a more coherent picture of your father's condition may be arrived at.
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