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Do you know the Pancreatic Cancer symptom early enough if you are suffering from Pancreatic Cancer? Understand the early cancer symptoms may mean the difference between life and death.

The most commonest types of pancreas cancer of the pancreas are exocrine tumours.  The cancer symptoms can be quite vague.  And they vary depending on where the cancer is in your pancreas – in the head, or body.  Early symptoms can include:

-  Weight loss     
People who are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer may have recently lost a lot of body weight (at least 10% of their total body weight) for no apparent reason at all.  This symptom is more common in cancers of the head of the pancrea.

-  Pain in the stomach area 
About 7 out of 10 people suffer from pancreatic cancer first go to their doctors because they experience pain.  Pain is more common in cancers of the body and tail of the pancreas.  People often describe it as a dull pain that feels as if it is boring into you.  It can begin in the stomach area and spread around to the back gradually.  The pain gets much worse when you lie down and is better if you sit forward.  It can also worsen after meals.  Your abdomen may also be generally tender or painful if your liver, pancreas or gall bladder are inflamed or enlarged.

-  Jaundice
About 5 out of 10 people suffer from jaundice when they first go to their doctors.  Jaundice is the yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes.  The urine is darker than normal and bowel motions may be lighter in colour as well.  Jaundice is much more common with cancer of the head of the pancreas because the tumour blocks the bile duct.  This tube carries bile into the duodenum.  If the bile duct is blocked, then the bile ends up in your bloodstream instead.  Bile contains a lot of yellow pigments so it turns the skin yellow in the process. Jaundice is a common symptom of many liver and gall bladder diseases.  It is often easier to spot in the whites of the eyes rather than the skin.

Jaundice without pain is the commonest reason for first going to the doctor in patients who may suffer from pancreatic cancer