Pancreas lies in the abdomen between the lower border of the stomach and the upper border of the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. It produces digestive enzymes which pass into the duodenum by a duct to digest the food. Special type of cells of the pancreas, produce insulin which is absorbed into the blood and helps in keeping in balance the level of the blood sugar.
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Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Gall-bladder
Diseases of the gall-bladder are commoner in females than males. Gall-bladder cancer occurs in older age-group people.
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Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Uterine Cervix
These two separate systems of the body have been grouped together here for the convenience of description. Genito pertains to reproduction and urinary to formation and excretion of urine.
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Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Breast
Breast cancer is common. It usually occurs in women past the age of 40 years, though it has been seen to occur earlier as well. The incidence of breast cancer in India is reported to be 20 per 100,000 women. It occurs a decade earlier than in the Western women; the mean age of occurrence is about 42 years in India, as compared to 53 years in the white women.
Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Ovary
The two ovaries are the organs of reproduction in females present in the abdomen. Cancer of the ovaries occurs in older age group.
Cancer of the ovary is the most fatal female cancer, one of the reasons for this being that it cannot be diagnosed early enough.
Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Uterus
Uterus present in the lower part of the abdomen, is the organ where the foetus normally resides during pregnancy.
Uterus is very much liable to develop, hard, roundish masses in its walls, which also protrude into cavity of the uterus, and cause excessive bleeding. They may be present more than one at a time. They are called fibroids and they are not cancer.
Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Testes
Not all enlargements of the testes are cancerous. More often it is epidedymitis, inflammation of the tubes, leading to and from the testes, or even presence of fluid in the pouch around the testes, the condition called hydrocele, that causes an enlarged testes.
Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Placenta
It is cancer of the placenta, the tissue that links foetus with the uterus of the mother during pregnancy. It is a rare cancer.
Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Kidney
The two kidneys present in the abdomen, clean the blood of the various harmful metabolic products such as urea, creatinine, and keep a balance of water and other electrolytes in the body.
Cancer Treatment: Cancer of the Urinary Bladder
Cancer of the urinary bladder occurs mostly in older people of both the sexes. It is easy to detect and difficult to cure.
Causes
It is not known. Aniline dyes and other chemicals in the industry arc known to cause cancer at this site.
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