She thought she was suffering from the symptoms of menopause, she died of aggressive cancer

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Back pain, indigestion, abdominal pain and weight loss – these are the symptoms of pancreatic cancer. Joanne Eales’ daughter urges anyone with these symptoms for more than a month to see a general practitioner.

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These are the same symptoms that Joanne Eales, her mother, had presented. She did not believe in any way that it could be pancreatic cancer and thought it was related to menopause.

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Her stage four cancer died in April of this year. According to Pancreatic Cancer UK, around 80% of people are diagnosed when the cancer is at an advanced stage and it is too late for life-saving treatment. Mirror also confirms that “this cancer has the lowest survival rate of all common cancers in the UK”.

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According to studies from Pancreatic Cancer UK, people wait longer to see the doctor for these symptoms because of COVID.

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More worryingly, many people do not recognize all of the potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer. “Jaundice is the ‘red flag’ symptom of pancreatic cancer, but worryingly nearly a quarter of people said they were not sure they could recognize it,” says Pancreatic Cancer UK.