Pancreatic Cancer Treatment in India
What Is Pancreatic Cancer?
Cancer that grows inside the pancreas is known as pancreatic cancer. The pancreas is the gland that is about 6 inches long that makes hormones including the enzymes responsible for controlling blood sugar and also helps in digesting food. The development of pancreatic cancer starts when the cells inside the pancreas grow out of control. This cancer may metastasize or spread top surrounding organs and lymph nodes such as lungs and liver. There are three parts of the pancreas that include -
Tail: It is the end of the pancreas close to the spleenHead: It is a part of the pancreas near to liver ducts and small bowel
Body: It is the middle of the pancreas
Approximately 90% of pancreatic cancer grows in the head of the pancreas.
Types of Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer can be categorized into different types that depend on whether or not cancer began in the endocrine or exocrine component. Pancreatic cancer types include -
Endocrine Tumors: Endocrine tumors also referred to as pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) or islet cell tumors are not so common as compared to exocrine tumors. A pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor could be non-functioning that means it does not make any hormones or it could also be functioning that means it can make hormones. The base of a functioning neuroendocrine tumor is on the hormone that cells usually make -PPomas
Insulinoma
VIPomas
Gastrinoma
Glucagonoma
Somatostatinoma