What are the proximate causes of death in pancreatic cancer and what are their frequencies?

Answer 1

Why happydawg bothered to post this completely useless response is anybody's guess. a13's "answer" is LIFTED DIRECTLY FROM WIKIPEDIA, and DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. I wonder if a13 is even a real person, or just a piece of software.

I am aware of no studies specifically examining the proximate causes of death in pancreatic cancer. However, there have been a number of studies on the causes of death in cancer in general.

Ambrus et al. (1975) retrospectively analyzed 506 cancer cases and reported them to be infection (36%), hemorrhagic and thromboembolic phenomena (18%), respiratory failure (including due to aspiration) (10%), cardiovascular insufficiency (7%), and cachexia (1%). (see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1056415&dopt=Abstract).

Szentirmay et al. (1977) performed 260 cancer autopsies and reported causes of death to be inflammation (pneumonia, peritonitis, and sepsis), organ insufficiencies (hepatic, biliary oclusion, cardiac), massive tumorous dissemination, infarct (? cardiac), and hemorrhage (GI ulcer, invasion of head or neck vessels, thrombocytopenia). (See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=927445&dopt=Abstract).

Houten and Reilley (1980) review 4728 autopsies and reported the following causes of death from cancer: respiratory failure, infection, toxic drug reaction, hepatic failure, renal failure, shock or heart failure, adrenal gland failure, electrolyte imbalance, and central nervous system failure. (See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=7359917&query_hl=12&itool=pubmed_docsum).

Inagaki et al. (1974), Brown et al. (1993), and Warren (1932) have also studied this question.

Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (the most commen type) typically metastasizes first to regional lymph nodes, then to the liver, and less commonly to the lungs. Therefore, failure of these organs would be more likely than for all cancers. It can also directly invade surrounding visceral organs such as the duodenum, stomach, and colon, causing bleeding and obstruction. Other sites of distant metastases include the diaphragm, adrenal glands, and brain.

Answer 2

Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer typically have a poor prognosis because the cancer usually causes no symptoms early on, leading to metastatic disease at time of diagnosis. Median survival from diagnosis is around 3 to 6 months; 5-year survival is 5% [4]. With 32,180 new diagnoses in the United States every year, and 31,800 deaths, mortality approaches 99%, giving pancreatic cancer the #1 fatality rate of all cancers and the #4 cancer killer in the United States amongst both men and women. [5]

Treatment of pancreatic cancer depends on the stage of the cancer [2] Recent advances have made resection of tumors that were previously unrescetable due to blood vessel involvement possible. The Whipple procedure is the most common surgical treatment for cancers involving the head of the pancreas.

see this for more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer

The median life expectancy after diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer(the most common stage at diagnosis) is 5 to 6 months with good treatment
http://www.pancreatica.org/

Answer 3

Proximate Cause Of Death

Answer 4

Your link doesn't work and a blog of rants doesn't equate to science. The extent of Steve Jobs' is unknown. It is known that he ate fish until fairly shortly before his death. No respectable vegetarian or vegans claim that their diet is a cure for progressive cancer. Respectable health organizations have regularly said that v&v diets can help prevent certain types of diseases. Ornish urged Jobs to get surgery. Instead of focusing on the death of one person, why don't you take a look at the hundreds of millions of dollars that are spent on treating eating diseases? Diabetes, Ortho Problems, heart problems, etc. Or are you actually convinced that the opposite end of the specturm isn't causing a single problem, despite study after study saying otherwise??

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Answer 5

I agree with a13