Pancreatic cancer is often called the “king of cancers” because it is difficult to detect early and it has a high mortality rate. On the “Health 1+1” program, Guo Shifang, director of the Department of Integrative Medicine at Chi Mei Medical Center in Taiwan, said abdominal pain linked to pancreatic cancer has distinct characteristics and stressed the importance of seeking immediate medical evaluation if such symptoms arise.
About 66,440 new cases of pancreatic cancer were diagnosed in 2024, with 51,750 deaths projected during the same period, according to the National Cancer Institute. Pancreatic cancer accounts for 3.3 percent of all new cancer cases in the United States but is responsible for 8.5 percent of all cancer-related deaths.
