Pancreatic Cancer

What is pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer is a cancer type that starts in your pancreas. It happens when pancreatic cells begin to divide and grow out of control. It can form a growth called a tumour. The cancer cells can grow into surrounding blood vessels or organs such as your small bowel and it may spread to other areas of your body.

Your pancreas is an organ that sits behind the top part of your stomach. The larger part of your pancreas produces digestive juices to help digest your food and is called the exocrine pancreas. The smaller part produces hormones, including insulin, and is called the endocrine pancreas. Cancers that develop from these two parts can behave differently and cause different symptoms.

The most common type of pancreatic cancer is pancreatic adenocarcinoma which starts when exocrine pancreas cells start to grow out of control.

Pancreatic Cancer

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