World over, experts have expressed concerns over rising rates of pancreatic cancer in youngsters – however, new research has revealed a jump in cases has not been accompanied by any increase in deaths from the deadly disease. So, what could be the reason behind this - scientists say today's more highly sensitive imaging scans may be catching early, nonlethal cases of pancreatic cancer in people under 40 years that were simply missed before. "Reports from several registries have garnered concerns over the increasing incidence of pancreatic cancer among younger persons, particularly women in the United States and globally," the researchers wrote in their report, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
"Although some attribute this trend to increasing rates of obesity, others have found no obvious cause." Pancreatic cancer occurs when cells in your pancreas mutate and multiply out of control, forming a tumour. Doctors said earlier, early-stage pancreatic tumours usually did not show up on imaging tests and for that reason, many people, especially youngsters, did not receive a diagnosis until the cancer spread.
Most Pancreatic cancers are in the endocrine According to experts, data suggests a surprising conclusion that the statistics on pancreatic cancer lump together two very different types of tumours that happen to emerge in the same organ -- endocrine cancers and adenocarcinomas. While the first type takes years to grow and spread, the second cancer is typical.
