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Pancreatic Cancer Learning Center
Complications could include:
- Metastatic Cancer
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Liver Failure
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Thromboembolism
- Chronic abdominal p...
- Unintentional Weigh...
- Weakened Immune Sys...
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Blood clots; Depression; Infections; Liver problems; Pain; Weight loss;
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It is difficult to diagnose pancreatic cancer early and so, frequently, the cancer has spread to other locations in the body such as the liver or lymph nodes (part of the immune system). Survival rates five years after pancreatic cancer, in genera...
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It is difficult to diagnose pancreatic cancer early and, therefore, the cancer frequently has spread to other locations in the body, such as the liver or lymph nodes (part of the immune system). Survival rates five years after pancreatic cancer, i...
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Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.
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The ability to invade and metastasize are the defining characteristics of a cancer. Invasion refers to the ability of cancer cells to penetrate through the membranes that separate them from healthy tissues and blood vessels. Metastasis can refer e...
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Abdominal pain is pain that you feel anywhere between your chest and groin. This is often referred to as the stomach region or belly.
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Unintentional weight loss is a decrease in body weight that is not voluntary. In other words, you did not try to loss the weight by dieting or exercising. See: Intentional weight loss
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Weight loss is a reduction in body mass characterized by a loss of adipose tissue (body fat) and skeletal muscle.
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their ...
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