Pancreatic Cancer the 4th most deadly disease.
Chat me more researched this dreadful disease, after Steve Jobs passed away from Pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs lived with this disease for 7 years. The form of his disease was treatable and slow growing, but it also killed Patrick Swayze two years ago. Jobs thought he was cured after surgery in 2004. Unfortunately, the disease returned 5 years later and he had lost weight and had a liver transplant. The reason for his passing is that his disease probably spread. A liver transplant sometimes can cure the form of cancer that Jobs had. Originally he was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumor and had surgery, which lead him to believe that he was cured.
The pancreas is a vital organ as our heart is.The pancreas is fish shaped and makes digestive enzymes, insulin and hormones that make energy for the body from food. In the United States 44,030 will be diagnosed with it and 37,660 will die this year in the U.S. according to the American Cancer Society. Pancreatic cancer has declined in numbers within the last 15 to 25 years due to less smokers, but those numbers changed in 2002 to 2007 by a 1 percent increase.
Symptoms:
- fatigue
- back pain
- abdominal pain
- weight loss
- loss of appetite
- jaundice
- nausea
The cancer is usually not found until it's in advanced stages or has
spread. The survival rate is grim, 20% the first year and only 4 % after five years.
Men are at more risk than women and smokers have 2 to 3x the risk of developing the disease. Obese people and non-exercisers are at risk of developing disease. Alcohol does play a factor heavy drinking can lead to diabetes, liver and pancreatic problems. A vaccine is in the making and hopefully will be in the future for this lethal disease.
Marchione, M. ( October 7, 2011). Pancreatic cancer 4th most deadly, treatment few. SFGate. Retrieved October 7, 2011, from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/07/national/a145842D53.DTL
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