[ConservativeMind]

Strangely, concurrent, unexplained drops in LDL, fat volume, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and muscle and bone mass, coupled with blood glucose increases, was the general way pancreatic cancer was making itself known, before any formal diagnosis.

Be alert for such changes.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Lazamataz]

This is crucial information

[Nervous Tick]

>> unexplained drops in LDL, fat volume... Be alert for such changes.

Thanks for the tip. A glance at the waistband suggests I’m okay for the moment. ;-)

I agree, pancreatic cancer is a formidable disease.

[Brandonmark]

I personally feel that biomarkers and specifically SA 18-8 tumor markers should be included in pancreatic cancer diagnostic blood draws. However, insurance carriers will not cover the approximate $500 cost because most oncologists feel they are not reliable indicators because of too many false positives or false negatives. Yet after cancer detection, SA 18-8 is specifically used as the measurement tool to assist in treatment procedures. In my personal opinion, after pre-diabetic or diabetic onset, there needs to be a diagnostic biometric measurement within a few years, because of the direct relationship of insulin production in the pancreas and increases in glucose. It is obvious that early detection and treatment would increase the survival rate of diagnosed pancreatic cancer patients.

[JohnnyP]

Uh oh. My LDL and Trig are very low. I’ve been carnivore six years after being prediabetic. My a1c is up the last year, but I cheat on my diet once a week.

[Aria]

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

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[Chgogal]

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[grumpygresh]

“If we catch them early, at stage 1A, their five-year survival rate can be as high as 80%,”

Obviously detection of CA or any terminal disease early in natural progression of the disease would result in a longer interval to death

The question really is whether the treatment actually extends lifespan or is it the early detection that creates a longer period of time in which the patient survives with the disease?

[Lurker]

Thanks. We lost a dear friend to pancreatic cancer two years ago. 5 months from diagnosis to dead.

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