Diseases

Pancreatic Cancer

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Pancreatic / islet cell cancer: a rare but highly treatable type of pancreatic cancer that begins in the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin and other hormones. ... Only about 5% of pancreatic cancers start here. Islet Cell cancers that make hormones are called functioning tumors.

SYMPTOMS

Indigestion, increased gas, diarrhea, abdominal or back pain, abdominal mass, yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, which is called “jaundice” or “icterus”

CAUSES

These include blood sugar level and the production of stomach acid. Tumors that Arise from islet cells of the pancreas can also produce a variety of hormones, which can lead to specific symptoms. Pancreatic islet cell tumors can be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant).