Other symptoms found were bleeding in the stomach or intestine, problems swallowing, diarrhoea, change in bowel habits, vomiting, indigestion, abdominal mass, abdominal pain, weight loss, constipation, fat in stock, abdominal mass, abdominal pain, weight loss, constipation, nausea, flatulence, heartburn, fever, tiredness, appetite loss, itching, back pain and thirst.
All these symptoms were associated with the most common type of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
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Researchers found patients diagnosed with the disease had a higher chance of experiencing the non-specific symptoms one year prior to diagnosis.
Doctor Weiqi Liao, a data scientist from the University of Oxford, said: “When pancreatic cancer is diagnosed earlier, patients have a higher chance of survival.
Source: Daily Express