The symptoms vary depending on what part of the pancreas — the head, body or tail — the cancer develops.
The most common type of pancreatic cancer is ductal adenocarcinoma which starts in the cells that produce digestive juices.
Some of the most common signs, as described by Cancer researshes are as follows:
Pain in the stomach or back
Chronic or unexplained abdominal pain that can spread to the back may be a sign of pancreatic cancer. This pain is especially felt after eating.
At the early stages, the pain may come and go, but as the tumor grows larger it tends to be more constant and last longer.
Jaundice
A number of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer have jaundice—yellowing of the skin and eyes resulting in the buildup of bilirubin, a pigment produced by the liver.
This happens because the tumour blocks the bile duct.
