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Pancreatic Cancer with Jaundice

Post a new topicby livingwith on Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:38 pm

Hi,
I am from India.
My grandpa was diagnosed with Obstructive jaundice and the doctor told that he had 2-3 weeks to live. The scan reports showed that he had developed a mass (tumor) inside the pancreas and this was pushing against the bile duct which leads into the pancreas.
Due to this, the bilirubin count in the body increased 22 times. Normal limits are 1 Mg/dl. This led to the jaundice.
No doctors were able to provide us with any help. This was a deadlock since the cancer could not be cure...Read the full article
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