Pancreas Cancer Research and Referral Clinic

 The first step to good cancer treatment is to establish the correct diagnosis. Every diagnosis is made by looking at certain changes in the human body. We, doctors have tools like asking questions to learn more about your symptoms, an examination of suspicious looking changes in your body (by touching and pressing, large sized changes can be felt), blood tests, different scans which can examine the particular organ from multiple angles. 1. Obstructive jaundice Jaundice is a medical term for yellowing of the eyes. (Point to remember: This is not a diagnosis. Jaundice is a symptom) There are many causes of jaundice. When a person has jaundice with itching all over the body, or white colored stools, then the possibility of having a mechanical problem arises. Mechanical problems in the human body need a surgeon to correct them.  2. Dilated bile duct Normal human bile duct is less than 6 mm in diameter. Aged people and sometimes, after removal of the gall bladder, the bile duct m...