science by Benjamyn Lang https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk en-us 2019-03-07 14:34:41 UTC 2019-03-28 13:32:50 UTC hello@padlet.com description 349426601 https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/345241801 Pancreatic cancer is a form of cancer that affects the pancreas. the pancreas is a gland located behind the stomachs in front of the spine also the pancreas produces hormones and digestive juices. it is also a gland organ with uses like digestion and glucose control. 
doctors usually cannot see or feel the tumor during a physical exam



]]> 2019-03-26 13:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/345241801 349426601 https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/345243189 Yellowing of the eyes and skin is the first symptom
sometimes, the first sign of jaundice is darker urine. As bilirubin levels in the blood increase, the urine becomes brown in color.

Definition of jaundice: a medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease, or by excessive breakdown of red blood cells.
]]> 2019-03-26 13:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/345243189 349426601 https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346119849 You can get it from genetics, smoking, diabetes, obesity and diet 
bad life choices and family members that had it before you 
five to ten percent of people with pancreatic cancer have an immediate family member who also had it


]]> 2019-03-28 13:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346119849 349426601 https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346120465 Palliative surgery 

Chemotherapy 

Palliative treatments

CT scan (CAT scan)

Abdominal ultrasound

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)

Laparoscopy

Biopsy


]]> 2019-03-28 13:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346120465 349426601 https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346121260 For all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 7%


]]> 2019-03-28 13:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346121260 349426601 https://padlet.com/349426601/5zubpbayq4zk/wish/346121778 Don’t smoke

Stay at a healthy weight

Limit alcohol use

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