Pancreatic Cancer Wendy Carlin Unit 4 Capstone Project: Pancreatic Cancer Kaplan University 6/25/2013 Abstract Andre is a 69-year-old man who was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He owns a chain of Italian restaurants and is well known in the community. He is married and has a large family including children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Every holiday all of his family is treated to a home cooked meal that Andre prepares himself. This year he is concerned that he may not
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Just like any other disease, pancreatic cancer must be diagnosed by a physician by doing certain tests and procedures to make sure they are diagnosed correctly. Most patients initially go to the doctor with common symptoms that may turn out to be any number of diseases that a physician has come to educate themselves about. An initial physical exam is usually followed up with things such as blood tests, x-rays or an ultrasound. If the physician were to determine that things did not look normal in
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Pancreatic Cancer Karen R Lindner Wright Career College Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer occurs in approximately 29000 patients every year. It is the fourth leading cause of cancer related deaths. Worldwide, pancreatic cancer is the eighth most common cause of death from cancer in both sexes combined. There have been advancements in the perioperative management, but the 5yr survival rate remains unchanged. Surgical resection is still the only potentially curative treatment for the disease
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Imagine a disease that kills over 34,000 Americans a year— this disease is pancreatic cancer. Now, imagine that one of your family members or friends have this tragic disease. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world because it is one of the hardest to diagnose and cure. Tragically, by the time pancreatic cancer is diagnosed it is already too late to help the diagnosed patients before they pass. The pancreas is a vital organ in your body, and without it you will most
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exocrine function consists of the secretion of digestive enzymes into the duodenum through ducts. The enzymes digest starches and fats. The endocrine functions are a cluster of cells called the islets of Langerhans and only make up 2% of the pancreatic tissue. The islets of Langerhans is made up of three cells, alpha, beta, and delta. There function is to secrete hormones and paracrine products. The most important hormones secreted are insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin. Alpha cells secrete
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Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal type of gastrointestinal cancer. Gastrointestinal cancer refers to a malignant condition in the esophagus, stomach, biliary system, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, rectum , anus , and other accessory organs of digestion. Circulating tumor cells are the tumor cells that fall off from solid tumor masses and travel into the peripheral blood circulation. CTCs aid as a non-invasive biomarker to detect cancers. Low sensitivity is the main problem in traditional
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Pancreatic Cancer Research Grad2016 Abstract This paper is looking into the effects of pancreatic cancer and the research behind it. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer known and contributes to over 30,000 deaths a year in the U.S. alone. Little is known about this killer cancer or of an accurate treatment. Unfortunately this disease has a very low survival rate even with treatment. There are several benefactors associated with this disease that we will discuss as well
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the cancers that can be undetectable until it spreads. For this reason, it is important to know what can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer in the elderly. Weight According to the American Cancer Society, obese individuals are 20% more at risk of developing pancreatic cancer. The more obese your loved one is and the higher their risk is for pancreatic cancer. Therefore, helping your elderly loved one to lose weight will reduce their risk of this type of cancer
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diseases, such as pancreatic cancer, creep up on a person and go unnoticed for quite some time. The gland, also known as the pancreas, is located behind the stomach. The pancreas promotes the breakdown of food by secreting pancreatic juices and controls the hormones (insulin and glucagon) used to help control blood glucose levels (Medline Plus). When one speaks of pancreatic cancer, they are describing the development of malignant cells within the tissues of the pancreas (National Cancer Institute). For
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Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is a disease of the digestive system, the causes of which are still unknown. It causes the DNA of cells within the pancreas to mutate and grow uncontrollably. These mutated cells continue to live and reproduce past the time when a normal cell would have died. As these cells grow and accumulate they form a tumor in the pancreas. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer include: jaundice, pain in the upper and middle abdomen, pain in the back, weight loss, loss of appetite
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