How to Fight With Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is that form of cancer which is the result of a malignant growth of tissue located in the pancreas. It is one of the most serious forms of cancer in that only about five percent of the people who are stricken with it are cured and thousands die from it each year.

Pancreatic cancer is often designated as belonging to a group of diseases known as silent killers. This is because in its early stages it has no warning symptoms and when the symptoms do start to become evident, the cancer is often well advanced in its stages and too far along to really be beaten.

When the symptoms do start to become evident they consist of such things as pain in the upper abdomen which radiates into the back, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, that is the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, the urine becomes dark, there is access fat in the feces and there is a significant weight loss which has no explainable cause.

Victims of this cancer often develop diabetes even some years before this cancer is discovered. Some doctors and medical professionals are beginning to look into the possibility that diabetes that shows up later in life is actually a symptom of this cancer. The sudden onset of blood clots in the deep veins in the arms and legs and the superficial veins throughout the body is another warning of the possibility of this cancer.

There's an old saying, 'you are what you eat' and pancreatic cancer seems to add credence to this saying. Evidence seems to point to the possibility that people whose diets are low in fruit and vegetables, high in red meats and high in sugar sweetened soft drinks or those soft drinks which are sweetened with the sugar substitute fructose are more apt to be stricken with this cancer than those people whose diets follow more along the recommendations made by the professionals as being healthy diets.

There is also some evidence that in a small percentage of pancreatic cancers there seems to be a genetic connection.

The best way to fight pancreatic cancer is before it begins. Live a healthy life style. You can do this by following a healthy diet. Research, talk to your doctor, avoid those foods that encourage this cancer. Get plenty of exercise, get a proper amount of sleep. Another old saying is that 'the best defense is a good offense'. Put up roadblocks against this cancer, do your best to stop it before it begins rather than waiting and fighting it after it gets a foothold. Pancreatic cancer is a killer, don't let it be yours.