2024-02-06 01:18:00
Doctor Qian Zhengping, deputy director of Beitou Health Management Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan (China) pointed out that the cause Pancreatic Cancer is not yet clearly defined, but high-risk groups can be identified based on pancreatic cancer cases.
Pancreatic cancer is common in people over 60 years old and the elderly. People with hereditary chronic pancreatitis, diabetes, smoking, and a family history of hereditary colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and melanoma, are also more likely to develop Pancreatic Cancer.
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Regarding unusual symptoms of pancreatic cancer, Dr. Tien said that there is currently no effective screening method, but there are 7 signs that people need to pay attention to the most:
1. People over 40 years old with no family history of diabetes but recently suddenly discovered diabetes.
2. Upper abdominal pain or back pain.
3. Jaundice.
4. Significant weight loss.
5. Biliary tract obstruction causes brown urine and gray-white stools.
6. Lower abdominal pain but no special findings on gastrointestinal examination.
7. Fatty stool.
Dr. Tien also specifically reminded, according to an analysis published by a team from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in 2020, that new-onset diabetes, people with a history of diabetes within 4 years or Weight loss has a 3.6 to 6.8 times higher risk of pancreatic cancer than normal people.
Regarding related testing methods, Dr. Tien said some patients will have blood drawn to test for CA19-9. But in fact, the CA19-9 index cannot be used to accurately test for some cancers in the lung, colorectal, stomach, and breast. If necessary, imaging examination methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), should be used, which have better image contrast sensitivity of organs and soft tissues and can fully observe the condition. pancreatic health.
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