A Simple Guide to Pancreatic Cancer, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

This book describes Pancreatic Cancer, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

No one wants cancer or his body cell to becomes mutant
But when the body mutates and become malignant
There is nothing much that the patient can do about it
All the patient does is hope the cancer cells can be removed by surgery

The other treatments in the past is radiation or chemotherapy
Now there are stem cells, hormone treatment and immunotherapy
Targeted therapy is focused directly on a particular cluster of cancer cells
The exact location where the cancer cells dwell

Avoid smoking if possible; cigarette smoke has 40 types of carcinogens
Avoid alcohol which can cause cancer of mouth, esophagus and liver conditions
Avoid chemicals like asbestos, alphatoxins from nuts and silica
Avoid sun rays, radiation from phones, viral infections and trauma

-An original poem by Kenneth Kee

"A 70 year patient of mine had chronic gastric pains for many years which improved with medications.

I have always advised him to see a specialist for a gastroscopy.

Eventually he went to see a gastroenterologist and the gastroscopy did show the presence of gastric ulcers and the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.

With treatment of the gastric ulcer and bacteria, further gastroscopy showed that the stomach was clear of ulcers and bacteria.

However the pain persisted.

So he went to see all the specialists in Singapore, America, Europe and United Kingdom.

All the tests did not show any serious illness.

As the pain became worse, a MRI of the pancreas finally confirmed the presence of Cancer of the Pancreas.

By that time the cancer had spread to the liver and other parts of the body.

Treatment was only palliative.

Although a multimillionaire all his money could not get him a recovery and he finally succumbed to his illness.

Another patient had been treated by me for gastritis and indigestion for 25 years.

Again gastroscopy showed evidence of gastric ulcers which was then treated by a hospital specialist.

There was no involvement of the pancreas with all the blood tests and ultrasound being normal.

A few years ago due to his sudden loss of weight and increased abdominal pain, a PET scan and MRI scan were able to detect a growth in the pancreas.

A biopsy of the growth finally confirmed the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer .

He also died shortly after the diagnosis was confirmed in spite of treatment.

Cancer of the Pancreas is one of the most difficult cancers to detect and cure

Another example is the late Steve Jobs who also died of pancreatic cancer."

Pancreatic Cancer is a malignant disease of the exocrine pancreas in which cancer cells form in the tissues of the pancreas.

90% are adenocarcinomas.

Pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose early due to its site behind stomach, intestines, liver

Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are jaundice 70%, pain 75%, and weight loss 90%.

Tests that examine the pancreas are employed to diagnose and stage pancreatic cancer:
Blood lipase and amylase (pancreas enzymes)
CA 19.9 and CEA (tumor markers)
Multidetector CT (best imaging to evaluate the extent of disease)

Surgery is still the best treatment for pancreatic cancer, followed by chemotherapy, targeted therapy, radiation therapy and new methods such as tumor vaccines. immunotherapy, genetic therapy.

Palliative treatment for pain, diet, nutrition, bypass surgery are important.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Pancreatic Cancer
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Pancreatitis
Chapter 8 Cancer of Liver
Epilogue

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166037527
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	03/23/2023
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972.

Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.

Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.

Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74

However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in
the afternoon.

He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.

His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com

This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.

He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.

He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.

The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.

He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.

His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.

The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.

He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting
with the Apple computer and going to PC.

The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.

The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.

He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.

His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.

The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.

This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.

Dr Kee is the author of:

"A Family Doctor's Tale"

"Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine"

"Case Notes From A Family Doctor"