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Sydney Towle, then 23, had a bump in her stomach that she thought was a hernia. Then she felt burning. She had bile duct cancer, rare for her age.
Pain in cancer can be produced by mechanical (e.g. pinching) or chemical (e.g. inflammation) stimulation of specialized pain-signalling nerve endings found in most parts of the body (called nociceptive pain), or it may be caused by diseased, damaged or compressed nerves, in which case it is called neuropathic pain.
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [3] [4] Cancer can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms are often nonspecific, meaning they may be general phenomena that do not point directly to a specific disease process.
Early pancreatic cancer does not tend to result in any symptoms, but when a tumor is advanced, a patient may experience severe pain in the upper abdomen, possibly radiating to the back. [8] Another symptom might be jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes. [9] Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis, [2] with a five-year survival rate of
Pancreatic cancer symptoms can be vague, but PanCAN urges people to pay attention to these warning signs: abdominal or mid-back pain. jaundice. unexplained weight loss. nausea. loss of appetite ...
The defining presenting symptom of patients is jaundice or a "yellowing" of the skin and eyes. [6] [4] Although this jaundice has been described as painless in textbooks, a significant number of patients present with pain in addition to jaundice, typically arising in the upper abdomen and radiating to the back. [4]
The most common symptoms of pancreatitis are severe upper abdominal or left upper quadrant burning pain radiating to the back, nausea, and vomiting that is worse with eating. The physical examination will vary depending on severity and presence of internal bleeding. Blood pressure may be elevated by pain or decreased by dehydration or bleeding.
Cancers most likely to cause DVT are pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, brain tumors, advanced breast cancer and advanced pelvic tumors. DVT may be the first hint that cancer is present. It causes swelling and pain (which varies from intense to vague cramp or "heaviness") in the legs, especially the calf, and (rarely) in the arms. [5]