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Pancreatic cancer often goes undetected until it’s advanced and difficult to treat. In the vast majority of cases, symptoms only develop after pancreatic cancer has grown and begun to spread.
Click on the link below to find out more about these symptoms
https://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-cancer-symptoms#1
The pancreas is a gland, about six inches long, located in the abdomen. It is shaped like a flat pear and is surrounded by the stomach, small intestine, liver, spleen and gallbladder.
Click on the link below to find out more about the pancreas.
https://www.pancan.org/facing-pancreatic-cancer/about-pancreatic-cancer/what-is-the-pancreas/
As the month of October comes to an end so does liver cancer awareness month. Click on the link below to find out the efforts that are made to encourage people who are at risk of liver cancer to follow up with their doctors and get proper ongoing screening.
https://www.cancerhealth.com/event/liver-cancer-awareness-month-2019
The liver is one of the largest organs in the body. It filters harmful substances from the blood, produces bile that helps in the digestion of fats, and stores sugar that the body uses for energy.
Click on the link below to find out more about liver cancer awareness month.
https://www.aacrfoundation.org/Pages/liver-cancer-awareness-month.aspx
National Liver Awareness Month in October encourages you to act early and be safe in preventing liver disease.
Click on the link to find out more about liver awareness month.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nationaltoday.com/national-liver-awareness-month/amp/
Click on the link below to find out about life with an ostomy.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/colon-cancer/in-depth/ostomy/art-20045825
While it is possible to live without a pancreas, doctors only recommend removing a pancreas when a person has a serious medical condition such as severe recurrent pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer.
The best option to cure liver cancer is with either surgical resection (removal of the tumor with surgery) or a liver transplant.
Click on the link below to find out more about these different types of procedures.
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/liver-cancer/treating/surgery.html
The damaged valves in the veins cannot be cured so the best way to cure the problem is to remove the affected veins. Click on the link below for an explanation of this procedure.
https://www.circulationfoundation.org.uk/help-advice/veins/varicose-veins-operation-explained
