What cancer can be called a cancer king? Is lung cancer with the highest incidence? Or liver cancer that is difficult to detect early?
In clinical view, in fact, the cancer that can be called the "king of cancer" in the true sense is neither liver cancer nor lung cancer, but "pancreatic cancer" with a lower incidence!
Relevant data surveys show that among the nearly 130,000 new pancreatic cancer patients in the mainland every year, almost all of them are diagnosed or advanced stages, and the degree of malignancy of pancreatic cancer is extremely high, the operation is extremely difficult, the morbidity and mortality rate are almost proportional, and the survival rate of patients within five years is even less than 1%, which is the malignant tumor with the worst prognosis effect!
Of course, this is not to say that as long as pancreatic cancer is diagnosed, it is equated with death. The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is mainly related to the staging of cancer.
The earlier pancreatic cancer is detected, the better the prognosis will be. Even if clinical cure and tumor-carrying survival are not possible, the survival and quality of life of patients are significantly higher than those of patients in advanced stages.
So the question is, pancreatic cancer is so terrible, what symptoms can be related to pancreatic cancer?
1, rapid weight loss: there is no deliberate adjustment of diet, there is no recent exercise, but the weight began to decline rapidly, which may be a signal of the arrival of the disease. In addition to the high incidence of diabetes and hyperthyroidism in the mainland, pancreatic cancer is also one of the causes of weight loss.
Moreover, unlike other malignant tumors, in the early stages of pancreatic cancer, patients may lose weight rapidly, or even lose more than a dozen kilograms in just a few months.
The reason for this is that after the pancreatic cancer becomes cancerous, it will first affect the digestive function and islet function, and the development rate of pancreatic cancer is extremely fast, and the cancer cells will consume a large amount of nutrients, which will cause the patient to lose weight rapidly, and there may also be long-term progressive fatigue, fatigue and other symptoms;
2, digestive disorders: many people's function of the pancreas, are stuck in the secretion of insulin.
But in fact, the pancreas has both internal and external secretion functions, its endocrine is islet function, and exocrine is to produce pancreatic juice containing various digestive enzymes, which plays a role in assisting the absorption of lipids.
Once the secretion of pancreatic juice is abnormal, or pancreatic cancer compresses the common bile duct, resulting in bile discharge disorders, it will affect the digestive function, and patients may have symptoms such as decreased appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and constipation.
Pancreatic cancer after entering advanced stages, due to the seriousness of fat digestion disorders, patients will even have steatorrhea symptoms;
3. Jaundice manifestations: Among all pancreatic cancer patients in mainland China, more than 1/2 of the patients have pancreatic head cancer. The position of the pancreatic head is very special, it is close to the common bile duct.
Once the cancer grows to a certain extent to compress the common bile duct, or the lower end of the common bile duct is violated by cancer cells, it will cause bile excretion disorders, and the patient will not only have abnormal digestive function;
Obstructive progressive jaundice may also occur, which is characterized by clay color in the stool, dark yellow in the urine, and yellow stains on the sclera and skin. Nearly one-quarter of patients also have stubborn skin itching due to bile acid deposition.
From the above symptoms, it is not difficult to see that the manifestations of pancreatic cancer are easily confused with chronic stomach disease and liver disease, and it is easy for patients to misjudge and even mislead the direction of the doctor's examination.
Therefore, everyone should improve their vigilance against such symptoms in their daily lives, and once there is a similar manifestation, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time for targeted screening.