As Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month draws to a close, Mr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant Surgeon and specialist in pancreatic disease at The London Clinic explains about the disease, symptoms, diagnosis and future treatments. According to the charity Pancreatic Cancer Action, it is the fifth biggest cancer killer in the UK and has the worst survival rate […]
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Diagnoses of Pancreatic cancer needs to improve outside of the emergency room
According to Pancreatic Cancer UK, a National charity, as many as 150 extra patients of pancreatic cancer would live for a year or more if the diagnoses, resulting from an emergency presentation, were reduced by 25%, and the diagnoses were instead conducted via the Two Week Wait route. 50 additional pancreatic cancer patients would live […]
Pancreatic Cancer found to have a link with processed meats
A study has recently claimed that a person’s risk of pancreatic cancer can be significantly increased if they eat bacon. The study has shown that a person who eats two rashers of bacon a day can have an increased chance of pancreatic cancer by nearly 20 percent. The study also showed that eating processed meat […]