Patient Comments: Pancreatic Cancer - Causes
What do you suspect are the causes of your pancreatic cancer?
Comment from: 75 or over (Patient)
Published: March 11
PAIN ACROSS THE UPPER BACK, NEUSIA UPPER STOMACH, and NO ENERGY are my suspected causes. Was this comment helpful?Yes
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