Forerunners Healthcare India calls top surgeons to treat its international patient for Pancreatic Ca

Recognized surgeons offer Pancreatic cancer treatment in India, enabling smooth and successful completion of treatment. India is quickly gaining ground on the global healthcare front, with increasing number of medical tourists taking advantage of its high-quality healthcare, low costs and hospitality toward international visitors. The surgeons at hospitals in India are all highly trained and experienced providing world class medical care. Pancreatic cancer treatment in India is carried at the highest standard of quality medical treatment & patient care using most modern technology available.

What is Pancreatic Cancer?

Cancer that starts in the pancreas is called Pancreatic cancer. When Pancreatic cancer spreads, it usually travels through the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system includes a network of thin tubes that branch, like blood vessels, into tissues all over the body. Cancer cells are carried through these vessels by lymph, a colorless, watery fluid that carries cells that fight infection. Along the network of lymphatic vessels are groups of small, bean-shaped organs called lymph nodes. Surgeons often remove lymph nodes near the pancreas to learn whether they contain cancer cells. Cancer cells can also be carried through the bloodstream to the liver, lungs, bone, or other organs. Pancreatic cancer that spreads to other organs is called metastatic pancreatic cancer.

What Causes Pancreatic Cancer?

Cancer is ultimately the result of cells that uncontrollably grow and do not die. Normal cells in the body follow an orderly path of growth, division, and death. Programmed cell death is called apoptosis, and when this process breaks down, cancer results. Pancreatic cancer cells do not experience programmatic death, but instead continue to grow and divide. Although scientists do not know exactly what causes these cells to behave this way, they have identified several potential risk factors.

Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer has been called a "silent" disease because early pancreatic cancer usually does not cause symptoms.

If the tumor blocks the common bile duct and bile cannot pass into the digestive system, the skin and the whites of the eyes may become yellow, and urine may become darker. This condition is called jaundice.

As the Pancreatic cancer grows and spreads, pain often develops in the upper abdomen and sometimes spreads to the back. The pain may become worse after the person eats or lies down. Pancreatic cancer can also cause nausea, loss of appetite, weight loss, and weakness.

A rare type of Pancreatic cancer, called islet cell cancer, begins in the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin and other hormones. Islet cell cancer can cause the pancreas to make too much insulin or hormones. When this happens, the patient may feel weak or dizzy and may have chills, muscle spasms, or diarrhea.

What Are The Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Options?

Cancer treatment depends on the type of cancer, the stage of the Pancreatic cancer (how much it has spread), age, health status, and additional personal characteristics. There is no single treatment for cancer, and Pancreatic cancer is usually only curable when found in its earliest stages. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are the most common treatment types. Treatments seek to remove the cancer and/or relieve painful symptoms that the cancer is causing.

Surgery

Surgery may be used to remove all or part of the pancreas for Pancreatic cancer treatment. If a cancer has not metastasized, it is possible to completely cure a patient by surgically removing the cancer from the body. After the disease has spread, however, it is nearly impossible to remove all of the cancer cells. There are three main surgical procedures that are used when it seems possible to remove all of the cancer in Pancreatic cancer:

1. Whipple procedure (most common in cancers of the head of the pancreas): the pancreas head, and sometimes the entire organ, is removed along with a portion of the stomach, duodenum, lymph nodes, and other tissue. The procedure is complex and risky with complications such as leaking, infections, bleeding, and stomach problems.

2. Distal pancreatectomy: the pancreas tail is removed, and sometimes part of the body, along with the spleen. This procedure is usually used to treat islet cell or neuroendocrine tumors.

3. Total pancreatectomy: The entire pancreas and spleen are removed. Although you can live without a pancreas, diabetes often results because your body no longer produces insulin cells.

Palliative surgery is also an option when the cancer in the pancreas cannot be removed.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is generally used to treat Pancreatic cancer that has spread or metastasized because the medicines travel throughout the entire body. Treatment occurs in cycles so the body has time to heal between doses. However, there are still common side effects such as hair loss, nausea, fatigue, and vomiting. Combination therapies often include multiple types of chemotherapy or chemotherapy combined with other treatment options.

Radiation Therapy

Radiation treatment, also known as radiotherapy, destroys Pancreatic cancer by focusing high-energy rays on the cancer cells. This causes damage to the molecules that make up the cancer cells and leads them to commit suicide. Radiotherapy utilizes high-energy gamma-rays that are emitted from metals such as radium or high-energy x-rays that are created in a special machine. Radiotherapy can be used as a standalone treatment to shrink a tumor or destroy cancer cells, and it is also used in combination with other cancer treatments.

Side effects of radiation therapy may include mild skin changes resembling sunburn or suntan, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and fatigue. Patients also tend to lose their appetites and have trouble maintaining weight, but most side effects subside a few weeks after completing treatment.

Why India?



Pancreatic cancer treatment in India is preferred because of infrastructure and technology in which India is at par with developed countries and has some of the best hospitals and treatment centers in the world with the best facilities. The complication rates of Pancreatic cancer treatment in India at international Hospitals are bare minimum. To get more info, visit us at www.forerunnershealthcare.com or mail your queries at enquiry@forerunnershealthcare.com or call us at: +91-9371136499, +91- 9860755000 (International) / + 1-415-599-2537 (USA) / +44-20-8133-2571 (UK).