Steve Jobs left Apple and died of pancreatic cancer. Indeed, although the rich and famous such as Jobs, his body could not fight against pancreatic cancer.
56-year-old man survived only seven years after saying it recovered from neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, after surgery in 2004. Understandably, the type of neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer relatively easy to handle than other types of pancreatic cancer, actor Patrick Swayze is undermined until he died two years ago.
Death of Buddhist Dalai Lama makes people want to know much about these pancreatic cancer. Jobs at the time of surgery which had been considered pessimistic by some medical experts.
Experts suspect that when done Whipple procedure or removal of part of the pancreas - a portion of the small intestine and some other parts of the digestive organs - in fact the cancer cells have spread to lymph nodes.
56-year-old man survived only seven years after saying it recovered from neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, after surgery in 2004. Understandably, the type of neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer relatively easy to handle than other types of pancreatic cancer, actor Patrick Swayze is undermined until he died two years ago.
Death of Buddhist Dalai Lama makes people want to know much about these pancreatic cancer. Jobs at the time of surgery which had been considered pessimistic by some medical experts.
Experts suspect that when done Whipple procedure or removal of part of the pancreas - a portion of the small intestine and some other parts of the digestive organs - in fact the cancer cells have spread to lymph nodes.
Allegations of some medical experts is evident when a few years later the condition deteriorated Jobs accompanied by weight loss and skin turn yellow. In January 2009, Jobs said that they experienced only a hormonal imbalance.
A few weeks later, he reportedly underwent liver transplantation. When undergoing the transplant is actually a bad sign that the conditions for pancreatic cancer Jobs had not yet finished.
According to the Head of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PACN), based in Manhattan Beach, California, United States, Julie Fleshman, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, a type of cancer that suffered Jobs, is quite rare. Only 5 percent over all types of pancreatic cancer.
Survival rate of patients with pancreatic cancer is also very low. Data PCAN says 75 percent of patients die each year post-diagnosis and 94 percent die within five years after diagnosis.
Why is pancreatic cancer so malignant? Fleshman According to LiveScience, one of them because there is no early detection method for this type of cancer. "This cancer is usually only diagnosed when metastasis has occurred," he said.
Pancreas is deep in the back of the abdominal cavity, shaped tube 15 centimeters long, that even with a CT scan only tumor that develops in it is difficult to resolve. The main task for the human body is the pancreas produces enzymes that help the intestines break down food and produce the hormone insulin that regulates blood sugar. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths, both men and women.
Citing data from the Sol Goldman, John Hopkins Medical Center, and WebMD, according to doctors Phaidon Toruan, this cancer is one cancer that was secretly the most deadly for the 38 thousand Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and 34 thousand of them died.
In the early stages of esophageal cancer, did not feel any symptoms. But along with the magnitude of the growth of cancer, it will feel pain in the left upper abdomen that spreads to the back. The pain is increasingly becoming cancerous when people eat or lie down.
Another symptom that appears is the alias of yellow jaundice. That happens because there is blockage of bile duct tumors and cover. But all of these symptoms are not very distinctive and can be interpreted as a sign of disease or other conditions.
Survival rates to be lower when patients were diagnosed already reached an advanced stage. Less than 2 percent of patients diagnosed with cancer cells that have spread to several parts of her body can last up to five years.
People with tumor type as Jobs reportedly supposed to have survival rates better than other patients. Therefore, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cells proliferate very slowly compared to other pancreatic tumor cells, for example adenokarcinoma.
There are several risk factors that can trigger Phaidon called pancreatic cancer, such as aging, smoking, suffering from diabetes (diabetes), Ashkenazi Jewish descent, BRCA genetic mutations, age above 50 years, obesity, and lack of exercise.
Diabetes mellitus, according to specialists in internal medicine from Kelapa Gading Hospital Partners, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, 6-7 trigger a higher risk than those without this illness. "This is because there are genes that trigger the transcription factor pancreatic cancer," he said.
To prevent this, doctors recommend that leading a healthy lifestyle. Especially those who have a history of gastrointestinal cancer and family members who have a history of pancreatic cancer are encouraged to do the screening.
In some cases, other tumors or pancreatic cancer, pancreatic can indeed be lifted. But, according to Dante, must continue to be monitored because the risk of a disease due to diabetes mellitus as insulin-producing pancreas no longer exists. Do not be lax and too late, will be passed quickly. As fast as technology development ditekuni Steve Jobs.
