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As the name suggests, pancreatic cancer is cancer that starts at the pancreas, an organ in our abdomen that lies behind the lower part of your stomach. The role of the pancreas is to release enzymes that aid digestion and produces hormones that help manage your blood sugar.
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to spot until it reaches an advanced stage because it is hard to detect/ diagnose. Having diabetes and exposure to certain chemicals increases the chance of this type of cancer.
The pancreatic cancer treatment plan for you depends on the location and size of the tumour and whether or not it has spread to other locations in the body.
Diabetes
Race factors
Anabolic steroids (used by athletes)
Obesity and weight gain
Metabolic diseases
Other Rare diseases
Older than 60 years of age
Smoking
Alcohol
Having Liver cirrhosis
Having any type of hepatitis infection
Doctors who can treat liver cancers are interventional radiologists, gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and surgical oncologists. The other specialists who participate in your recovery are nurses, nutritionists, social workers and rehabilitation specialists.
Types of Liver Cancer Treatment
- Surgery – If liver cancer is detected early, a surgery can be done to remove a part of the liver or the whole liver. A liver transplant surgery is required if you need to replace the whole liver.
- Radiation therapies – Selective internal radiation therapy is used to treat liver cancer. Radioactive beads are injected into the liver’s blood supply to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours.
- Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body (cancer cells). Certain medications are given if cancer spreads to other body parts.
- Targeted drug therapy is used when you cannot have surgeries because you are too unwell.
- Ablation therapy is a treatment used for patients with small liver tumours. This treatment is not suggested for patients with degenerating health or older than 60 years of age. Tumours are destroyed during the surgery.
- Liver transplant Surgery are the most used procedure for a fully damaged liver.
Tests include,
- A blood test indicates abnormalities in the liver
- A piece of the liver is tested in the laboratory for diagnosis.
- Imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT scans and MRI scans are taken to diagnose the condition.
- Staging tests help in determining the size and location of cancer.
More than 99% of the time, a regular liver test will help your doctor diagnose the condition early. Patients usually dismiss any early symptoms, and that is a risk! Therefore, catching the disease early is essential to avoid severe and life-threatening complications later.
