What Is Pancreatic Cancer?

Cancer cells grow quickly and out of control.

To help you understand what is happening when you have cancer, it helps to learn how your body works normally. Our bodies are made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Normal cells grow and multiply when the body needs them, and die when the body does not need them.

Cancer is made up of abnormal cells that grow whether they are needed or not. Pancreatic cancer begins in the pancreas or in the tubes (also called ducts) inside the pancreas.