New Delhi: Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive digestive system tumor with a dismal prognosis. Because the pancreas is located deep within the body, healthcare workers cannot detect or feel early malignancies during normal physical examinations. People normally do not have symptoms until the cancer has spread to other organs or grown to a big size.

In an interaction with News9Live, Dr. Aakaar Kapoor, CEO and Lead Medical Advisor: City X-Ray and Scan Clinic Founder and Partner: City Imaging & Clinical Labs, spoke about pancreatic cancers and why early detection is a must in case of this painful tumour.

Pancreatic cancer is difficult to identify in its early stages. There is currently no standard diagnostic instrument or early detection procedure for pancreatic cancer in the general population. However, imaging and blood tests may be able to detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages in patients who are at a higher risk of developing the disease.
Early-stage pancreatic cancer is typically discovered when the cancer’s location causes symptoms to appear early or when testing for........

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