Can blood test detect pancreatic cancer

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Pancreatic cancer is a terrible disease. The harm of pancreatic cancer to patients is relatively serious. For patients with pancreatic cancer, early detection and early treatment must be done to avoid causing more serious harm to the body. My uncle is suffering from pancreatic cancer. Can I find out pancreatic cancer by blood test? Let me tell you this.

Can blood test detect pancreatic cancer

First of all, there is no specific blood biochemical change in the early stage of blood biochemical test, and the serum CEA, CA19-9 and other tumor markers of pancreatic cancer may be increased, but this change is not absolute. Abdominal ultrasound is the preferred method for screening and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. CT is the best noninvasive imaging method for pancreatic cancer, which is mainly used for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer.

Secondly, ultrasound or CT imaging diagnosis is generally needed, but there are some tumor markers that can be used as early screening means of cancer, such as tumor specific growth factor (TSGF) is a broad-spectrum marker of malignant tumor, and also an early detection marker of malignant tumor.

Finally: pancreatic cancer is a kind of digestive tract malignant tumor with high degree of malignancy and difficult diagnosis and treatment. About 90% of pancreatic cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma originated from glandular epithelium. The incidence rate and mortality rate have increased significantly in recent years. The 5-year survival rate is less than 1%, which is one of the worst prognosis malignant tumors.

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Abdominal ultrasound is the first choice for screening and diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. It is characterized by simple operation, no injury, no radiation, multi axial observation, and can better show the internal structure of pancreas, whether there is obstruction of biliary tract and the location of obstruction.