Risk factors for pancreas cancer include smoking, alcohol, chronic pancreatitis; Pancreas is divided into three parts head, neck and body region. Symptoms depend at the site of tumor location, if the cancer is located in the head region patient present with jaundice/vomiting and if in neck and body region pain and abdomen mass as the main symptom; weight loss and decreased appetite are common symptom; CECT abdomen is done which show any local and distant spread.
If the tumor is resectable the standard surgical procedure is Whipple procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy) if the tumor is located in the head region; and if the tumor is located in body and tail region the standard surgical procedure is distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. Patient with pancreatic cancer in the head region can be present with jaundice, if there is no history s/o cholangitis (Fever/pain abdomen), nutrition…
