The medical community and scientists regard pancreatic cancer as one of the deadliest diseases that one can contract. It has “the grimmest prognosis of all types of gastrointestinal cancers” (Ibusuki, Hiraoka, Kanemisu, Takamori, and Tsuji). As it is almost impossible to diagnose pancreatic cancer before the disease advances greatly, 95 percent of all people lose a painful and grueling battle with this ailment within five years of their diagnosis (Slezak). Pancreatic cancer's severity results from the anatomic and genetic differences in each medical case. This poses another problem for researchers, as finding a similarity between different cases of cancer is imperative for the discovery of an effective treatment. Fortunately, these researchers have already found a correlation between all cases of acute pancreatic cancer; they discovered that each different case of cancer develops a way to shut off the electron transport chain, a molecular structure that plays a key role in the inhibition of the cell division process. However, this does not make this illness easier to defeat; in many cases lesions and masses caused by pancreatic cancer return despite the many surgeries and rounds of chemotherapy, a highly uncomfortable chemical treatment that can result in pain and malnutrition (Ibusuki, Hiraoka, Kanemisu, Takamori, and Tsuji). These researchers have also worked tirelessly in hopes of shutting down the cancer cells’ energy pathways and crucial enzymes, but to no avail (Sarkar, Banerjee, and Li). The quick metastasis in this form of cancer renders almost any form of treatment futile. However, in comparison to any chemical or experimental regimen, surgical resections are the most effective form of treatment for pancreatic cancer.
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