What does pancreatic ca mean

Nowadays, pancreatic cancer has become a major killer of our life and health. It can be said that its appearance has made many people's lives go from heaven to hell, which shows how harmful it is. Pancreatic cancer is also called pancreatic CA in the doctor's pen. Many people don’t understand pancreatic CA, so what does pancreatic CA mean? Let us learn about it together.

CA is the abbreviation of cancer in English. Pancreatic CA is pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant digestive tract tumor that is difficult to diagnose and treat. About 90% of them are ductal adenocarcinomas originating from glandular duct epithelium. Its morbidity and mortality have increased significantly in recent years. The 5-year survival rate is <1%, which is one of the malignant tumors with the worst prognosis. The early diagnosis rate of pancreatic cancer is not high, the surgical mortality rate is high, and the cure rate is very low. The incidence of this disease is higher in men than in women, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.5 to 2:1. Male patients are much more common than premenopausal women, and the incidence of postmenopausal women is similar to that of men.

1. Abdominal discomfort or pain. About half of the patients have abdominal pain as the first symptom, and about 20% of the patients have abdominal pain radiating to the back and left shoulder. The pain is aggravated when lying on the back and relieved when sitting, bending over, lying on the side, or bending the knees.

2. Jaundice, manifested as yellowing of the skin and sclera. The above symptoms may also occur in hepatitis or biliary tract diseases, so it is not uncommon for early pancreatic cancer to be misdiagnosed as hepatitis, cholecystitis, or cholelithiasis.

3. Anorexia, indigestion and weight loss.

4. The symptoms of pancreatic tail cancer are relatively hidden, and pain is rare. In addition to the general weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, and indigestion, it sometimes manifests as an abdominal mass, which can easily be misdiagnosed as a left kidney disease.

The early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are difficult to detect. Therefore, in our daily lives, many patients miss the best time for treatment and delay the treatment of the disease because they do not have a correct understanding of the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer.