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Pancreatic cancer

Tips on dealing with the physical and emotional impact of pancreatic cancer and its treatment

Radiotherapy is the use of ionising radiation (high energy X-rays) to destroy cancer cells

Chemotherapy involves the use of drugs to destroy the cancer cells

Surgery is either performed to remove the cancer or to alleviate symptoms

Treatment falls into the three main categories of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy

An overview of the many different types of pancreatic cancer

Sometimes it may be hard to think of all the questions you want to ask - here are some suggestions

NICE guidelines recommend urgent referral for some signs and symptoms

Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer can be difficult as most of the symptoms are non-specific

There are many risk factors linked to developing pancreatic cancer

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