The pancreas is a large gland responsible for producing digestive juices and hormones, located in the upper part of your abdomen, just behind your stomach.
Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that originates in the pancreas as a result of abnormal cell growth in this gland. It is the tenth most common cancer in the United Kingdom.
Unfortunately, it is rarely detected at an early stage because symptoms only appear when it progresses beyond the point of early intervention.
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It is usually when cancer reaches a more advanced stage that certain symptoms begin to become noticeable. But even then, they can be vague and similar to those caused by a number of other conditions.
