It could be a sign of something far more serious than a dodgy tum.
Despite being the UK’s fifth deadliest cancer, pancreatic cancer is still quite often dubbed ‘the silent killer’ because patients often aren’t aware of symptoms until the cancer spreads to surrounding organs.have highlighted a symptom for people to look out for: stools that smell ‘horrible’ and won’t flush down the toilet.These stools are often unusually pale in colour, and appear bulky and greasy due to fat content – causing them to float to the top of the toilet bowl.
The foul odour is from the fatty element of steatorrhoea which produces a very distinctive smell of volatile organic compounds. These chemicals can be a key part of helping doctors to detect the cancer at a much earlier stage. This is especially hopeful news given that researchers found that 36% of pancreatic cancer deaths could have been avoidable if the disease was discovered sooner.So, the pancreas is a gland that produces digestive juices and hormones. Pancreatic cancer is when abnormal cells in the pancreas start to divide and grow in an uncontrolled way, causing a cancerous tumour.Pancreatic cancer kills around 9,600 people a year in the UK - equalling around 26 people per day.
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