Which is more serious, lung cancer or pancreatic cancer?

Lung cancer and pancreatic cancer are both malignant tumors that can lead to serious consequences. It is impossible to compare which one is more serious, and both require timely treatment.

Lung cancer is a malignant tumor that originates from the lung bronchial mucosa or glands. The patient's symptoms are generally cough, blood in sputum or hemoptysis, asthma, chest pain, hoarseness, fever, etc. The cause is usually related to smoking, occupational exposure, air pollution, ionizing radiation, diet, genetics and other factors. Generally speaking, early lung cancer can be removed by surgery, and mid-to-late stage lung cancer can be treated with palliative surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Pancreatic cancer is a group of malignant tumors that mainly originate from the pancreatic ductal epithelium and acinar cells. It is highly malignant, the disease is hidden, and it progresses rapidly. The predisposing factors of pancreatic cancer mainly include long-term smoking, poor eating habits, obesity, and chronic pancreatic damage. The common symptoms of pancreatic cancer are abdominal discomfort, mainly manifested as abdominal pain, dull pain, and swelling pain, which gradually develop into persistent and progressively worsening upper and middle abdominal pain, especially pain at night, accompanied by jaundice, weight loss, fatigue and other symptoms. The treatment of pancreatic cancer is a multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, interventional therapy and supportive treatment. For resectable pancreatic cancer, radical surgery should be performed as soon as possible. For unresectable pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other treatments can be used.