Initially, pancreatic cancer has very vague manifestations, making it difficult to diagnose early. Significant weight loss with abdominal pain is a typical sign of pancreatic cancer. Other symptoms of pancreatic cancer may include yellowing of the skin and eyes, dark urine, light colored stools, etc.

As for these tumors that form in the endocrine pancreas, this tumor is usually uncommon and is benign. However, if the tumor begins in the exocrine pancreas, it will most likely be malignant (cancerous).

Because pancreatic cancer in the early stages has almost no clinical symptoms and there is still no effective screening method, most of the time when detected, the disease is already at an advanced stage. Up to 40~50% of confirmed cases have distant metastases, and even if the disease has not metastasized, the 5-year survival prognosis for patients does not exceed 5%.