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Keep getting pain in my left side by the ribs it comes and goes is it pancreatic cancer

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Pain: There are many possible causes for your symptoms. Please contact your primary doctor to get an appointment as soon as possible. If there is a long time before you can get an appointment, please go to the nearest Emergency facility. Please let me know what develops.

Answered 5/1/2016

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