Pancreatic cancer warning symptoms - including yellow eyes, dark urine and sore back
05.06.2022 - 06:09
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Pancreatic cancer is known as the 'silent killer' so deadly because it causes few symptoms until the disease is advanced.
During the early stages of the disease, symptoms of pancreatic cancer can be vague and only show up with the cancer grows, according to Cancer Research UK.
Pancreatic cancer is deadly and can be very difficult to treat, with only around one in four people surviving one year or more after diagnosis.
It comes after a dad whose skin turned yellow was given the heartbreaking news that he was suffering from the 'silent killer' just days before it became inoperable.
Shaun Walsh, from Huyton, 48, started suffering from nausea, weight loss and lack of energy before he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Recent research found that patients are diagnosed with cancer in A&E - sometimes after repeated trips to their GP - in the UK than any other high-income country in the world.
The study from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP), working with Cancer Research UK, found that people who ended up in A&E are less likely to survive their disease, particularly if they have stomach, bowel, liver, pancreatic, lung or ovarian cancer.
When it came to pancreatic cancer, 46% of people were diagnosed in an emergency overall, but the figure was much higher, at 56%, in England and Wales, and was 59% in Scotland.
Here are symptoms and signs of pancreatic cancer that everyone should be aware of...
According to Cancer Research UK, the symptoms vary depending on where the cancer is in the pancreas (in the head, body or tail of the pancreas).
Almost 7 out of 10 people with pancreatic cancer go to their doctors because they have pain, according to Cancer Research UK.
The pain often starts in the stomach and can