Pancreatic cancer can present with various symptoms or signs in people present in the body. Most of the time, symptoms are not apparent until the cancer has grown and spread to the area. These symptoms that develop are not specific to the pancreas, as they reflect other problems. If the cancer is in the head of the pancreas, it may cause symptoms such as nausea, jaundice, weight loss, itching, dark urine, abdominal pain, back pain, light-colored stools, and vomiting. In the body or tail of the pancreas, symptoms may include weight loss and stomach and/or back pain. Most of the time, if the cancer is in the head of the pancreas, symptoms will appear more often than those in the body and tail. Doctors and scientists do not know the cause of pancreatic cancer. However, they know the risk factors that can cause it. The risk of developing cancer is higher when a person has symptoms. The risk factors could be another health problem and not cancer. Once your doctor knows your risk factors, he or she can help you develop a plan and lifestyle to reduce your risks. Many risk factors include age, gender, race/ethnicity, smoking, obesity and diet, diabetes, and family history. Most people with pancreatic cancer are over the age of forty-five, and men are more likely to get this cancer than women. Black people are at higher risk than Hispanics, whites, or Asians for pancreatic cancer. If you are a smoker, you have a two-thirds chance of developing this disease than non-smokers. Researchers have determined that obese people, due to their diet, are at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer. People who suddenly get type 2 diabetes could be an early symptom of pancreatic cancer. In the United States, an estimated 45,220 adults will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. An estimate of deaths from this disease is approximately 38,460 deaths. This makes this cancer the tenth most common cancer in men and the ninth most common cancer in women. It is also the fourth leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. Because pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose, it is often not detected until later stages, when the cancer can no longer be removed by surgery. The survival rate is very tragic in this condition. The overall one-year survival rate for people surviving pancreatic cancer is twenty-six percent and the five-year survival rate for people surviving pancreatic cancer is about six percent. If cancer is detected at an early stage, the five-year survival rate is almost twenty-two percent..