Yellow Foamy Loose Stools: Causes Include Cancer
But it’s not colon cancer that can make bowel movements yellow and foamy looking. It’s another kind – one with a 5 year survival rate of only 19 percent. […]
Severe Upper Right Side Pain After Eating: Causes, Solutions
This is about pain on the upper right side of the stomach that occurs after eating. […]
Do Children Get Pancreatic Cancer?
If children can get pancreatic cancer, just how many actually develop this disease? And what should parents look out for? “I have not seen this in my career,” says Robert Saul, MD, a board certified [...]
What Kind of Cancer Causes Morning Diarrhea?
Can the sudden onset of diarrhea in the morning—especially ONLY in the morning—mean a certain kind of cancer? Colon cancer, as well as ovarian cancer, are definitely known to cause diarrhea. […]
Could Back Pain for Two Years Be Pancreatic Cancer?
Back pain that won’t go away after two years of conventional treatment may actually be due to a cause far more seious than just an irritated disc or muscle spasms. “It is possible that back [...]
Staging of Pancreatic Cancer: Brief Explanation in English
Here is how pancreatic cancer, which has a very dismal prognosis, is staged — explained in a way that you will understand. Facts About this Disease Five year survival rate is 8.5 percent. Incidence is [...]
Time It Takes for Liver and Pancreatic Cancer to Grow
It takes years for liver and pancreatic cells to develop into cancer, but only months to spread like a demon and become life-threatening once the mass reaches a certain size. […]
Can Untreated Symptoms for 3 Years Be Pancreatic Cancer?
Good and bad news if you think your digestive symptoms can no longer be pancreatic cancer because you’re still alive after three or so years. […]
How Well Can a CT Scan Detect Pancreatic Cancer?
When pancreatic cancer is suspected, a CT scan is the first imaging study done. There are three types of CT scan for pancreatic cancer detection. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most vicious cancers because [...]
Can Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms Come and Go?
Warning: Do not ever assume that just because your troublesome digestive symptoms come and go, that they can’t possibly mean pancreatic cancer. “Generally, when someone has symptoms of pancreatic cancer, they tend to get progressively [...]
What Can a Mass on the Pancreas Be Other than Cancer?
"There are many different types of masses that can occur in the pancreas,” says Jordan Winter, MD, a hepato-pancreatic-biliary and oncology surgeon and Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. [...]
Time It Takes for Pancreatic Cancer to Cause Symptoms
Pancreatic cancer is usually diagnosed after it starts causing symptoms, but does this mean it necessarily grows faster than “less deadly” cancers? […]
Pancreatic Cancer Risk Increases with Obesity & High BMI
If you’re obese, you have yet another health hazard to worry about: pancreatic cancer, especially if your body mass index exceeds 35. Thirty and over is considered obese, and people with a BMI of over [...]
How Much Walking & Hiking Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk?
Hiking & even plain walking do a great job of lowering the risk of pancreatic cancer, but what's important to know is just how much per week of these exercises you should do to optimally [...]
Why Are So Many Pancreatic Cancer Patients Younger Adults?
What is it with the increase in pancreatic cancer among adults younger than 50? Have you noticed that the people you read about with pancreatic cancer are almost always under 50, even 40? [...]
Can Chronic Pancreatitis Be Caused By Cancer?
You have that backwards; chronic pancreatitis will increase the risk of cancer! This means that if you have chronic pancreatitis, you probably don’t have cancer, but you DO carry the risk of it down the [...]
Orange Diarrhea: Some Causes Are Serious
Have you had orange diarrhea lately? That must have been a surprising sight, maybe even an alarming sight, since loose stools are supposed to be brown (though a little greenish is okay), not orange. Diarrhea can [...]
