True about pancreatic Ca
A. M.C. symptom is pain
B. Ca head of pancreas causes obstruction of both pancreatic and billiary duct
C. Smoking predisposes
D. Long term DM is a potent risk factor.
E. Family H/O familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome
A. M.C. symptom is pain
B. Ca head of pancreas causes obstruction of both pancreatic and billiary duct
C. Smoking predisposes
D. Long term DM is a potent risk factor.
E. Family H/O familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome
Ans. A. M.C. Symptom is pain; (B) Ca head of pancreas causes
obstruction of both pancreatic and billary duct; (C) Smoking predisposes; D.
Long term DM is a potent risk factor.
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Pancreatic cancer has the following risk factors:-
Male Sex
— Blacks > whites
— Age>50 yrs.
—Cigarette smoking Most consistent risk factor. Whether due to direct
carcinogenic effect of tobacco metabolites on the pancreas or an as yet
undefined exposure that occurs more frequently in cigarette smokers is uncertain.
— Chronic pancreatitis
— Long standing DM
— Obesity
Mutation in k-ras gene and pio4
• Alcohol abuse or
cholelithiasis are not risk factors nor is it associated with coffee
consumption.
• In Familial adenomatous polyposi,s (FAP), polyps are found in large intestine and is not a/w any other malignancies.
