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Call 999 for signs of sepsis, vomiting blood with feeling faint, or a swollen painful leg with breathlessness or chest pain. Ring the hospital's 24-hour line at once for a temperature over 37.5 C or below 36 C, shivering with a stent or jaundice, vomiting large amounts, heavy diarrhoea or uncontrolled pain. Ask for an urgent GP appointment or use 111 for returning yellow eyes or skin.
The wording, situation by situation. Sepsis (999 or A&E, NHS): breathing very fast; confused, slurred speech or not making sense; blue, pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue; a very high or very low temperature, feeling hot or cold to the touch, or shivery; a rash that does not fade when pressed. Infection on chemotherapy (24-hour line, Macmillan): a temperature above 37.5 C or below 36 C, or feeling unwell even with a normal temperature. Blocked or infected bile duct or stent (Pancreatic Cancer UK and the NHS): yellow eyes or skin, dark urine, pale stools or itching returning means an urgent GP appointment or 111; fever or shivering with a stent means the 24-hour line the same day and 999 for sepsis signs; after surgery, sudden worse pain with a high temperature means A&E. Blocked duodenum or bowel (Pancreatic Cancer UK): vomiting large amounts especially after food, feeling full, tummy pain and bloating; contact the team, or A&E if you cannot reach them; the NHS says being sick for more than 2 days is a 111 call and green vomit or a sudden severe tummy ache is 999. Bleeding (NHS): vomiting blood, black stools, feeling faint, dizzy, confused, cold and clammy or breathing fast: call 999 or go to A&E; if the vomiting of blood has stopped and there are no other symptoms, an urgent GP appointment or 111. Blood clot (Pancreatic Cancer UK and the NHS): pain, swelling, warmth or colour change in a leg or arm, sudden or gradual breathlessness, sudden chest pain, coughing up blood or fainting: tell the team straight away, or go to A&E or call 999; DVT symptoms with breathlessness or chest pain are always 999. Diarrhoea on chemotherapy (Macmillan): 4 or more times a day, at night, with cramps or not settling with the medicine within 24 hours on FOLFIRINOX; 3 or more loose stools a day on nab-paclitaxel; the NHS adds that diarrhoea for more than 7 days is a 111 call. Low blood sugar on insulin: follow the plan your diabetes nurse gave you and tell the team. Do not drive yourself to A&E. This is orientation from public patient pages and guidelines, not advice for your case: your own team's instructions and 24-hour number come first.
Most pancreatic cancers arise in the head next to the bile duct, which is why jaundice is the presenting sign; bile duct cancers are named by where along the tree they sit.
Same organ: Glucagonoma, VIPoma, Somatostatinoma, Biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (perihilar and distal), Biliary tract cancer (all types), Neuroendocrine tumours, Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, Grade 3 well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumour, Extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma, Gallbladder cancer, Gallbladder adenocarcinoma, Papillary carcinoma of the gallbladder, Mucinous carcinoma of the gallbladder, Adenosquamous and squamous carcinoma of the gallbladder, Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder, Incidental gallbladder cancer (found after cholecystectomy), Carcinoma in situ and dysplasia of the gallbladder, Cystic duct carcinoma, Ampullary cancer (ampulla of Vater), Resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Locally advanced unresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, KRAS G12C-mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, KRAS wild-type pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, BRCA or PALB2-mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Mismatch repair deficient (MSI-high) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma, Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and other pancreatic cystic precursors, Pancreatoblastoma, Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas, Colloid (mucinous non-cystic) carcinoma of the pancreas, Undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas with osteoclast-like giant cells, Invasive carcinoma arising in an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN-associated carcinoma), Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas with associated invasive carcinoma (MCN-associated carcinoma), Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas
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