Can 16 years old get pancreatic cancer

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There is a child in our community, about the same age as my brother, about 15 or 16 years old, who is a little girl. A few days ago, someone at the bottom of the building said that this little girl had pancreatic cancer. Let's talk about the possibility of pancreatic cancer at the age of 16.

Can 16 years old get pancreatic cancer

First, pancreatic cancer is a kind of digestive tract malignant tumor with high degree of malignancy and difficult diagnosis and treatment. About 90% of pancreatic cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma originated from glandular epithelium. The incidence rate and mortality rate have increased significantly in recent years. The 5-year survival rate is less than 1%, which is one of the worst prognosis malignant tumors. The early diagnosis rate of pancreatic cancer is not high, the operative mortality is high, and the cure rate is very low.

Second, the etiology of pancreatic cancer is not very clear. The incidence of smoking is related to smoking, drinking, high fat and high protein diet, excessive consumption of coffee, environmental pollution and genetic factors. In recent years, the incidence rate of pancreatic cancer in diabetic patients is significantly higher than that in the general population.

Third, the clinical manifestations of pancreatic cancer depend on the location of the cancer, the course of disease, metastasis and the involvement of adjacent organs. Its clinical characteristics are short course of disease, rapid development and rapid deterioration. The most common is abdominal distension discomfort, pain. Although there is conscious pain, not all patients have tenderness. If there is tenderness, it is consistent with the location of conscious pain.

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In general, pancreatic cancer is a relatively high incidence rate and it is likely to relapse after treatment. This is that many patients are cured at the beginning, but they may not survive in the months or years after they are killed by the disease.