Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
American scientists have projected that pancreatic cancer will become the second most common form of cancer in 2030 . At this time , the most common form of cancer in the US are colorectal , lung , breast and then comes pancreatic followed by prostate and liver . The studies predict that in 2030 , the leading form will be the Lung Cancer , followed by pancreatic , then liver and finally colorectal .
This increase is projected because of the changes in demographics . The major cause would be the increase in number of people older than 60 , who have a higher risk of getting cancer . In addition , some ethnicities such as the African Americans are particularly at a higher risk of pancreatic cancer than the rest . Moreover , many improvements have been made in the studies and researches regarding certain forms of cancer such as the colorectal cancer and the scientists are close to finding their cure . However , this is not true for all cancers and diseases such as pancreatic and liver cancers are only getting worse .
Some cancers have become comparatively less dangerous due to much investment in their research . It is about time that the same be done with pancreatic cancer . It is currently the second most deadly cancer , with a very low survival rate . 94 % of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years of the disease . This is because the cancer is currently being diagnosed at a very late stage . The awareness of the disease is very low and presently there are no screening tests for pancreatic cancer patients .
The projected deaths of men and women combined ; in the US in 2030 are 156,000 from lung cancer , 63,000 due to pancreatic cancer , 51,000 due to liver