With the world marking the World Cancer Day on 5 February, a medic in Kericho has urged Kericho residents to prioritize healthy lifestyle to prevent pancreatic cancer, a rare form of cancer that is not easy to detect and treat. Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that begins as a growth of cells in the pancreas which is an organ found behind the lower part of the stomach. The pancreas work is to make enzymes that digest food as well as insulin that helps manage blood sugar. In an interview with KNA, a resident surgeon at AIC Litein Kericho annex clinic Dr. Philip Blasto noted that pancreatic cancer has no screening tests to detect it early and the symptoms are seen when the disease has advanced. “Pancreatic cancer is
