How will I know I have pancreatic cancer?

You won’t know if you have pancreatic cancer until your doctor has yarned with you, completed a physical examination and done some tests. The tests might include:

• a physical examination
• blood tests
• tests like an ultrasound, a CT scan, an MRI scan or others to see what your insides look like
• an endoscopy, where a doctor put a long tube down your throat so they can look inside your stomach
• a laparoscopy, where a doctor uses a thin tube with a light on the end to look at the organs in the abdomen
• a biopsy, where a tiny bit of your pancreas is removed during the endoscopy, and they look at it with a microscope.  

Most people who have these tests find out they don’t have cancer. But it’s important to check.