How to find and prevention of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of common malignant tumor of digestive tract, digestive tract malignant tumors accounted for 8% to 10%, 45 ~ 65 years old more common. In recent years, its incidence in the world showing a rising trend in the United States and Japan, the mortality of the total cancer mortality in fourth place. China's annual incidence rate of pancreatic 5.1/10 million, compared with 20 years ago has grown dramatically. Lack of sensitivity and specificity of early pancreatic cancer diagnostic methods can not easily be early detection, surgery high fatality rate, the prognosis is extremely poor. U.S. National Institutes of Health report on pancreatic cancer survival rate of 8% a year, five-year survival rate of 3%, median survival time is only 2 ~ 3 months. Phase I in patients with pancreatic cancer accounts for only 2.3% ~ 7%, surgical resection rate is low, more than 80% of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can only be OK exploration or palliative surgery, can cure those only 5% ~ 30%.

Thus, strengthening prevention and early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer will be to improve the cure rate, survival rate of the key. Unfortunately, the early detection of pancreatic cancer is not easy, when the access time of diagnosis, most likely around the internal organs had been the liver, bile duct, stomach proliferation, radical surgery is fairly large. As has been through the lymphatic, blood, nerve sheath to the

Distant metastasis, can only be palliative care. Statistics show that after the onset of symptoms, the patient average life expectancy is only nine months.

Why is early detection of pancreatic cancer is not easy

One of the reasons people are not familiar with the pancreas in this organ, and some patients suffering from pancreatic cancer that still do not know which part of the body.

The second reason, pancreas back deep in the abdominal cavity, in the early stage of pancreatic cancer is difficult to touch by hand.

The third reason, people have some early symptoms of pancreatic cancer do not know.

What are the main symptoms of early pancreatic cancer

Department of jaundice occurs in pancreatic head cancer, very early jaundice. Jaundice will soon be a better day by day, the patient was clay color stool, skin itching. Serum bilirubin was significantly higher, but often only mildly elevated transaminases. Therefore, if a deep jaundice and transaminase less than 400 units, should be highly suspected obstructive jaundice, do not readily as is hepatitis.

If the abdominal pain occurred in the pancreatic body cancer, pancreatic tail, very early abdominal dull pain, or pain, but patients are not allowed to know at first that one part; second is when the pain increased supine, in bending, sitting, legislative, or Instead, to reduce pain when walking; three were abdominal pain has nothing to do with diet.

Rapid weight loss occurs in most patients with pancreatic cancer. In addition to the consumption of cancer rapid weight loss, there are the following reasons: eating less; pancreatic secretion of food shortage affecting the digestion and absorption; occurred secondary diabetes.

If the elderly people suddenly appeared in a painless rapidly deepening jaundice, or that there are not like stomach pain, combined with rapid reduction of body weight, they should think of the possibility of pancreatic cancer. If time Zhuade Jin, for patients, early diagnosis and early surgical treatment is good for fighting, you can improve the prognosis. Danger for pancreatic cancer big, high cost of treatment, patients suffering major features, it is recommended that people concerned about pancreatic cancer as early as possible and do prevention work.

Unclear etiology of pancreatic cancer, smoking, drinking, high fat and high animal protein diet, drinking coffee, and diabetes may be related to such factors as related to the occurrence. Patients with more than 40 years of age accounted for 40%, incidence of insidious onset, mostly during the late surgical resection rate is low, and patients with advanced disease have a very strong and destructive, the patient suffered a great quality of life is extremely poor and completely lost the ability to work . Therefore, early detection, comprehensive treatment, can improve the treatment of pancreatic cancer, thus improving the prognosis.

To be alert to early symptoms of pancreatic cancer in order to facilitate early detection and timely treatment. Abdominal discomfort and pain is the most common first symptom, severe low back pain prompted lesion involving the celiac plexus is a late sign, surgery is often difficult to remove. Loss of appetite and weight loss are also common manifestations. Yellow skin and sclera is the head of pancreas carcinoma stained outstanding performance can not be discharged into the intestinal tract caused by the bile and cause stool color lighter, and even showed the clay color, intrahepatic bile capillary pressure increased, bile back into the blood circulation, so that urine directly bilirubin increased, the color deepened, bilirubin cause the skin to stimulate the peripheral nervous itching. In addition, the tumor can damage the function of pancreas leading to hyperglycemia, so abdominal mass and ascites, and cachexia is a late manifestation.

How to prevent pancreatic cancer through lifestyle

Although not yet found the exact cause of pancreatic cancer, but experts believe that is certainly closely related with unhealthy lifestyles, and to call it "lifestyle cancer." More difficult due to the early detection of pancreatic cancer, and the incidence of faster, harder to treat, prevention is especially important!

Since the pancreatic cancer as a "lifestyle cancers", then prevent it, we must start by changing unhealthy lifestyles.

First, we should eat less high in animal protein, high fat diet; should ensure that the diet of meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, grain hand, were not picky eaters, non-partial eclipse, eat less fried, fried, grilled foods, and eat properly These coarse grains, vegetables and fruit.

Second, we must quit smoking and not smoking. Smoking is not only a major factor of lung cancer, but also can significantly increase the incidence of pancreatic cancer.

Third, we must adhere to physical exercise.

Fourth, to maintain a good frame of mind.

Fifth, we should bogey eat too much.

Sixth, we must avoid contact with naphthylamine and aniline and other harmful chemicals.