Not exact matches
Accounting for about 1 percent of all
pancreatic cancers, pNET is a
cancer of the
endocrine cells, known clinically as the islets of Langerhans, which exist in small clusters throughout the pancreas.
In fact, as I discuss extensively in Chapter 16 of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, soy protein isolate and other soy protein products are well - established risk factors for the exocrine type of
pancreatic cancer that killed actors Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze and astronaut Sally Ride, but not for the much rarer
endocrine type that killed Jobs.
The forty - one blood tests provides valuable information regarding the following conditions: kidney and bladder disease including kidney failure, infection, stones and
cancer; Diabetes Mellitus; liver disease;
pancreatic disease; muscle disease; Thyroid Hormone Level; Electrolyte Levels, Red Blood Cell Disorders including Anemia; White blood cell abnormalities including infection, Leukemia and stress; blood protein abnormalities including dehydration, protein losing disorder and
cancer; some
endocrine (hormone) disease.
The forty - one blood tests provide valuable information regarding the following conditions: kidney and bladder disease including kidney failure, infection, stones and
cancer; Diabetes Mellitus; liver diseases;
pancreatic diseases; muscle diseases; thyroid hormone levels; electrolyte levels, Red blood cell disorders including anemia; White blood cell abnormalities including infection, Leukemia and stress; blood protein abnormalities including dehydration, protein losing disorders and
cancer; some
endocrine (hormone) diseases.