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Pancreatic cancer 

 Pancreatic cancer is a rare disease. 

Symptoms of  pancreatic cancer

The symptom often do not appear until the disease is in advance stage. When pancreatic cancer symptoms do appear, they can be non-specific, such as stomach pain and weight loss. The pancreas is located behind the stomach, lever, spleen, gallbladder and small intestine. cancer has generally grown outside the pancreas. 
symptoms are 
1-weight loss jaundice ,
2-yellow skin 
3- fat in the stool, with or without abdominal pain.
 It usually occurs on the upper abdomen and may even radiate to the back.

  Abdominal pain

 Abdominal pain may worsen when lying down . It causes belly pain and weight loss. losing weight indicate something is wrong and it is a common symptom of pancreatic cancer and is one of the first symptoms experienced along with abdominal pain. 

 vomiting

vomiting is another symptom of pancreatic cancer,loss of appetite can signal some thing serve or even be related to some thing as small as a stomach virus.

 Itchy skin

Itchy skin is a less common symptom of it but when coupled with another symptom like abdominal pain or jaundice, it can be significant in making more accurate diagnoses. 

 Change in stool and urine color

Change in stool and urine color is another symptom of pancreatic cancer.It reduces the pancreas ability to secret fat-digesting enzymes.So there is more fattens up in the stool .These fatty stools can be strange, smelling and float more than normal. 

Causes  of pancreatic cancer

 It occurs when in increased level of bilirubin is in the blood and when a tumor completely or partially blocks bile ducts , slowing the flow of bile.

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