Heart-healthy hummus. Make chickpeas into a dip with lots of olive oil. Add garlic, lemon, and sesame tahini to make a delicious and nutritious hummus to have with carrots or crackers.
At this point, symptoms depend on the cancer's location within the pancreas: Pancreatic cancer in the head of the pancreas tends to cause symptoms such as weight loss, jaundice (yellow skin), dark urine, light stool color, itching, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, back pain, and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck.
Signs and Symptoms. Of pancreatic cancers, 60% develop in the pancreatic head and 40% develop in the body and tail. Depending on the location of the cancer, symptoms may include abdominal pain, anorexia, weight loss, and jaundice. Some patients can present with pancreatitis due to obstruction of the pancreatic duct by the mass.