Im so worried about getting pancreatic cancer. i hear that people get it with no risk factors. is there a test i can do?

Not really: You are correct, the majority of pancrease (pancrelipase) cancer is diagnosed in patients with no identifiable genetic risk factors. There are some tests that can be done, but at this point it is not clear what to do with the information gained. The best advice is to eat a helathy diet, and get regular exercise.

No great screening: Screening tests for cancers, like colonoscopy or mammograms, make sense when they allow earlier detection of disease and at earlier stages because this allows more people to be provided with treatment when it is more effective. Unfortunately, no screening test has demonstrated this ability in pancreatic cancer. Even among people with hereditary pancreatic cancer, screening has yet to prove itself.

No good test: Unfortunately, there is no good blood test for pancreatic cancer. Abdominal ultrasound, ct and/or MRI may help, but these are not employed as screening tests.

Basically No: We have no screening tests for this tumor. There is a rare familial. Trait, but unless other direct relatives (mother/father/sibling) have it genetic counseling is not warrented. Try not to worry!

Yes: You can get a blood test called ca-19-9. It usually rises with pancreatic cancer. You can have it done if you have a family history of such cancer and you worry a lot about it. Be aware that most insurances do not cover it as a screening test. Another test is ct-scan of abdomen: helpful but not definite, and not covered either for screening.