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What make pancreatic cancer so different from other types of cancers?
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Diagnosis: Pancreatic cancer is unfortunately diagnosed usually late. This is because the pancreas is an organ deep inside the body. Usually it has progressed to a severe form of cancer by the time it has been diagnosed.
Answered 9/29/2019
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Several reasons: Pancreatic cancer has lower survival rates for several reasons. 1) there are no symptoms with early pancreatic cancer, and no screening tests, so it is usually not detected until late stages, 2) the pancreas is surrounded by several vital structures that make tumors unresectable early on, and 3) this tumor causes an intense fibrotic reaction that makes it resistant to penetration by chemotherapy.
Answered 11/9/2015
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