The pancreas cancer oriental less suffers from this disease

One of three greatest tenors in the world, 70-year-old Pavarotti contracts a pancreas cancer, cut off in the surgical operation of New York last week, is recover from illness now;The doctor point out that opposite at the western person, the oriental contracts pancreas cancer less, and is located on the behind of the belly cavity because of the pancreas, don't easily realize symptom and can be guard a pass by periodical health inspection.


The pancreas is located on inside the empress peritoneum chamber of left and last belly, the shape is long and then flat, can the cent head, body, tail be three parts, the head links with 12 bowel, body department close to left side spleen;The main function secretes enzyme help to digest, and secretes insulin to regulate blood sugar.


Pancreas cancer most likely is the occurrence is in taking care of Yi skin cell of gland cancer, because of embed inside body, the tumor is usually very big just appear symptom, include to down sharply up the stomach ache, jaundice, weight and the excrement present grey color etc..Sufferer much just disheveled hair in the last phase now, the 5 years' livability is less than 4%.


Book farmland clinic stomach and intestines liver and gall section director, Wang2 Zhi4 Tang2, of Taipei say, if the tumor is located on pancreatic head, the general adoption combines disregard to think after hasing operation excision, but preparing;If Be located on a body department, coda, and can discover in early days, after prepare better.


According to understanding, the pancreas cancer of the Europe and America incidence rate, the 100,000 people have ten people around each time, Taiwan then doesn't arrive five people and add a sufferer annually about 1,000 successful in career, but die in a year of pancreas cancer have or so 800 people;Among them, male more female good hair, is about 1.300%, sufferer's age much at 6 and 70 years old.


According to abroad research, pancreas cancer of become because of, currently only know possibility and smoke cigarette, drink, the food be too greasy relevant, particularly heavy smoker, contract the probability of pancreas cancer, than the high of ordinary people about 200%;Don't therefore and not smoke cigarette, little drink, little greasy, prevent°from the way of pancreas cancer.