What is pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas.

How do members experience pancreatic cancer?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with pancreatic cancer*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for pancreatic cancer*

Who has pancreatic cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 20
40s 31
50s 54
60s 121
70+ 172

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 214
Female 193

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What is pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas.



Common symptoms reported by people with pancreatic cancer

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for pancreatic cancer

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Compare treatments taken by people with pancreatic cancer

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Who has pancreatic cancer on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 411 say pancreatic cancer is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 8
30s 20
40s 31
50s 54
60s 121
70+ 172
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 1
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 4
40-49 years 6
50-59 years 20
60-69 years 14
70+ years 11

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 214
Female 193

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 235
Not Diagnosed 25

These charts show data from pancreatic cancer patients who have completed their condition history
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