Hemoptysis as a Presenting Symptom for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

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Pulmonary cancer is primary cancer which originates from different tissues. It s the  most common cause of death in developed countries. It usually Present first as an abnormal shadow in the CXR and when the Patient becomes symptomatic, the disease is advanced and inoperable. Clinically, the most common symptom is cough and hemoptysis, other symptoms are rare, and dysphasia as a presenti...

Pancreatic Cancer Presenting as New-Onset Diabetes

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma has an incidence rate nearly equal to the mortality rate and is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the USA. This is largely due to late symptom onset and diagnosis. Evidence has emerged that new-onset diabetes may be a symptom caused by occult pancreatic cancer. We report the case of a middle-aged African American female who presented with hyperglycemi...

An overview of lung cancer symptoms, pathophysiology, and treatment.

Patients with lung cancer can provide treatment challenges for even the most skilled clinician. More than 90% of adults with lung cancer are symptomatic when they are diagnosed. According to Van Cleave and Cooley (2004), a minority of patients present with local symptoms related to their primary tumor, but most present with either nonspecific systemic or metastatic symptoms (see Table 1). A new...

Pancreatic Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis

Tackling cancers of unmet need: the pancreatic cancer pathway.

Pancreatic cancer outcomes are unyieldingly poor even despite improvement in the overall picture for many cancers. Pancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer in the UK, and demographic changes, such as ageing and the increasing prevalence of diabetes, have precipitated a rise in incidence. Survival, however, has remained steady since the 1970s, with 10-year survival of 1%. Such fi gures ...