The causes and risk factors for pancreatic cancer

The causes and risk factors for pancreatic cancer
 Several factors lead to damage to the cells in the pancreas, leading to cancerous mutations cause pancreatic cancer. The most important factors and causes of pancreatic cancer are:

    Smoking.
    Alcoholic beverages, especially if they drank heavily and addiction.
    Generation: as the generation progresses the greater the likelihood of pancreatic cancer.
    Nutrition: Nutrition effect on the pancreas, where the nutrition that lack of fiber and saturated fats increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
    Obesity.
    Chronic pancreatitis: Chronic pancreatitis ongoing damage to cells in the pancreas and increases the risk of pancreatic cancer.
    Diabetes: There is a relationship between diabetes and pancreatic cancer, but so far I do not know if what diabetes was the cause of pancreatic cancer or is it a result of it.
    Industrial Materials: most notably substances found in some hair dyes  .
    Genetic factors: I do not know what is the exact genetic factors, but wounding one of pancreatic cancer increases the risk of first-degree relatives (brother, sister, children and parents).
    Genetic diseases and syndromes many increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, if a person is infected. But these diseases and syndromes are uncommon. Including:
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome

Gardner syndrome (Gardner Syndrome).And others

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What is pancreatic cancer

 The pancreas is a member of the abdomen, and is located behind the stomach. Pancreatic cancer is a deadly cancer, making it the fourth leading cause of death in the world. Pancreatic cancer lead to death in more than 90% of cases due to late diagnosis, as symptoms appear only in the advanced stages, and have spread to other organs. Pancreatic cancer affects the elderly and other factors increase the likelihood of injury such as smoking and chronic inflammation of the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer may be asymptomatic or cause for Calm abdominal symptoms and jaundice. Pancreatic cancer can be treated surgical treatment to remove the tumor, or radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Despite the treatments available, only 5% of patients survive five years after diagnosis.

 Pancreatic
 The pancreas is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and next to the twelve.It also secretes digestive juices help to digest the bait. All pancreatic secretions are focused in the gut of the Twelve, where he also focused yellow secretions. Pancreas is divided into several parts, the head and is the closest to twelve, body and tail which is closest to the spleen. There are two types of cells in the pancreas:

   Exocrine cells : the cells that secrete digestive juices, and also installed channels that carry pancreatic digestive secretions.
    Endocrine cells : the cells that secrete hormones insulin and glucagon, including many types

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