Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze has sparked concerns after he was snapped looking extremely weak and fragile.
Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze has sparked concerns after he was snapped looking extremely weak and fragile.
The National Enquirer splashed the photographs in its current edition revealing an alarming weight loss following Swayze's battle against pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic Cancer - All About the Disease, its Diagnosis and Management
Pancreatic cancer often involves its exocrine part. It grows aggressively, and often detected late. Treatment options include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Pancreatic cancer often involves its exocrine part. It grows aggressively, and often detected late. Treatment options include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Despite his alarming weight loss, the actor is reported in "good spirits" and is taking his battle "one day at a time," reports the Daily Telegraph.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg, who starred with Swayze in the 1990 film Ghost says he doesn't have an "expiration date on his backside."
Quiz on Pancreas
Pancreas is both an endocrine and an exocrine organ. It secretes insulin, which is required for sugar breakdown. To learn more about the unique functions of the pancreas, engage in the following quiz.
Pancreas is both an endocrine and an exocrine organ. It secretes insulin, which is required for sugar breakdown. To learn more about the unique functions of the pancreas, engage in the following quiz.
"He does not have an expiration date on his backside - none of us do - we just know at some point it's going to happen and that's how he's looking at it," she added.
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Pancreatitis - Anatomy and Physiology of the Pancreas
Pancreatitis or inflammation of the pancreas manifests as severe pain abdomen and fever as in acute pancreatitis or long drawn bouts of abdominal pain, as in chronic alcoholics.
Pancreatitis or inflammation of the pancreas manifests as severe pain abdomen and fever as in acute pancreatitis or long drawn bouts of abdominal pain, as in chronic alcoholics.
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