Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas, an organ in the abdomen that lies horizontally behind the lower part of the stomach. This cancer typically spreads rapidly to nearby organs and is seldom detected in its early stages. An estimated 55,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States this year.
Signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer usually don’t occur until the disease is advanced, but some of these signs include: pain in the upper abdomen that radiates to the back; loss of appetite or unintended weight loss; dark urine or light-colored stool; depression; new-onset diabetes; blood clots; yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice).
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