What symptoms can pancreatic cancer cause in the legs?
Pancreatic cancer, as the name suggests, affects the pancreas; an organ located behind the stomach.
However, the way in which the cancer develops means that it can spark some signs impacting the legs of patients.
This is because pancreatic cancer can lead to blood clots in the deep vein of the leg, as well as in other parts of the body.
The cancer itself can lead to blood clots, something researchers revealed was caused by the blood’s abnormal tendency to “coagulate”.
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Blood clots of this type in the deep vein of the leg are known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and also occur in people who do not have cancer.
For some people, however, a clot is sometimes the first sign of pancreatic cancer.
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Source: Daily Express
