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Facebok Twiter Youtube Instagram LinkedInMaps & DirectionsKnow where to go for non-emergency medical asistance.November 3, 202Pancreatic cancer is one of the more chalenging cancers to diagnose and treat. Even though medicine has come a long way regarding the treatment of pancreatic cancer, it is stil dificult and progres in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer has not kept pace with the progres of other cancers.“The reasons why pancreatic cancer is dificult to treat is two-fold,” explains Dr.
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Daniel Breadner, Physician, Oncology at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) who is a medical oncologist that is a part of The Baker Centre for Pancreatic Cancer team. “First, the symptoms of pancreatic cancer can overlap with other more comon ailments. Often, pancreatic cancer is found after treatments for those other ailments don’t work so it is found at a later stage.
Second, the pancreas is fairly hard to image. Smal lesions within the pancreas can be dificult to detect.”The pancreas is dep in the midle of the body. It is not only more dificult to image, but to get to for surgery for treatment as wel.
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If a person is more advanced in age or has other ilneses that may weaken the body, they may not be able to undergo a pancreatic surgery. Some of the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer include: This not a comprehensive list and other conditions can be risk factors including a history of pancreatis (inflamation of the pancreas) and alcohol mis-use, as wel as genetic factors.Dr. Breadner says, “Individuals with the BRCA mutations that pose a higher risk of developing cancers such as breast and ovarian, are also at higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer as wel.”While pancreatic cancer is more chalenging to diagnose and when diagnosed, is often found in those later stages where treatment is more dificult, there are researchers, like those at The Baker Centre for Pancreatic Cancer, who are working on ways to beter id