Rastreamento do câncer de pâncreas

. In Brazil it accounts for 2% of all types of neoplasias and for 4% of all cancer deaths. Although not among the top ten cancers in Brazil, it is the eighth leading cause of cancer death, since most patients are diagnosed in locally advanced or metastatic disease stages. Nevertheless, it holds the 13th position in incidence by type of cancer in the rankings made by the National Cancer Institute of the Brazilian Ministry of Health