Chandigarh News|Panchkula: Dr Karan Midha, senior consultant, Department of Stomach Diseases, Paras Hospital, said that according to research conducted across the world, pancreatic cancer remains the biggest problem. During an event organized to celebrate the month of November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Midha said that not being able to notice the main symptoms of this cancer early leads to a delay in its detection. Therefore, it is difficult to clarify the situation quickly. He highlighted the importance of identifying it in time and said that due to its subtle nature it is important to take it seriously. He said its main symptoms are a mild stomach upset or a sudden weight gain. Dr. Midha said that currently the simplest treatment is surgery. He reported that according to Globokan 2020, India recorded around 7 per cent of the total global cases of pancreatic cancer.
He said that the pancreas is a gland that plays an important role in the digestive process, which is responsible for regulating blood sugar. Exocrine cancer, which develops from digestive cells, is more common in this disease, he said. Similarly, the second involves endocrine cancer, which develops primarily in hormone-producing cells. Because its symptoms are vague, it can cause minor health problems such as jaundice, back pain, unexplained weight loss, and loss of appetite.
Nausea and new onset diabetes can also prove fatal, he said, since the disease occurs deep in the stomach, making it difficult to detect in its early stages. Awareness of these risk factors, including older age, smoking, obesity, diabetes, chronic pancreatitis, and a family history of pancreatic or other cancer, may be important in detecting and managing people at risk. risk. Chemotherapy in such conditions can be important, he said. He said, Considerable success can be achieved through radiotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
