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Cancer can affect both the exocrine (secrete pancreatic juices) and endocrine (secrete insulin) glands of the pancreas. The types of pancreatic cancer are:
The symptoms are upper abdominal pain, yellowish discoloration of skin and sclera, loss of appetite, weakness, weight loss, and pale stool. The surgical treatment options include Whipple procedure (removal of pancreas head), distal pancreatectomy (removal of pancreas tail), and total pancreatectomy (removal of the entire pancreas).