“Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, mucus (sputum) production and wheezing.”

MAYO CLINIC

“The stage of a cancer describes how much cancer is in the body. It helps determine how serious the cancer is and how best to treat it. The staging system used most often for pancreatic cancer is the AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) TNM system, which is based on 3 key pieces of information: 1-extent of the tumor (T) 2- spread to nearby lymph nodes (N) 3- The spread (metastasized) to distant sites (M).”

American Cancer Society

“Oncologists will conduct tests to classify the type and stage of your disease.  Staging is a process that determines the spread of the cancer cells within and around the pancreas.  Diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer usually happen at the same time.”

“While your initial assessment may include CT scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we use more advanced tools to confirm your pancreatic cancer diagnosis and to determine its extent—a process called staging.”

Columbia Presbyterian Hospital NYC

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striveforgoodhealth.com

“Several types of growths can occur in the pancreas, including cancerous and noncancerous tumors. The most common type of cancer that forms in the pancreas begins in the cells that line the ducts that carry digestive enzymes out of the pancreas (pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma).”

MAYO CLINIC

“A risk factor is anything that increases your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors. Some risk factors, like smoking, can be changed. Others, like a person’s age or family history, can’t be changed. In some cases, there is unknown etiology why the person got pancreatic cancer.

“Many wonder if they’ll ever lead a “normal” life again. Well, a “normal” life is still possible. That is to say, someone diagnosed with seizures can still do the same daily functions as someone without epilepsy.Several Advanced Neurosurgery Associates (ANA) children and adults are illustrative of the potential to live a normal life with epilepsy.  It’s all in controlling the seizures.”

Advanced Neurosurgery Associates (ana-neurosurgery.com)

“Epilepsy is a chronic disorder, the hallmark of which is recurrent, unprovoked seizures. A person is diagnosed with epilepsy if they have two unprovoked seizures (or one unprovoked seizure with the likelihood of more) that were not caused by some known and reversible medical condition like alcohol withdrawal or extremely low blood sugar.

The seizures in epilepsy may be related to a brain injury or a family tendency, but often the cause is completely unknown. The word “epilepsy” does not indicate anything about the cause of the person’s seizures or their severity.  Many people with epilepsy have more than one type of seizure and may have other symptoms of neurological problems as well.”

Epilepsy Foundation (www.epilepsy.com)

“How lung cancer is diagnosed differs from person to person. Your medical team chooses tests based on a number of factors:

• Your medical history
• Your symptoms
• Findings from your physical exam”

American Lung Association