Keeping the fight against pancreatic cancer foremost in the public’s mind is the aim of a resolution the House adopted unanimously today, according to the author, state Rep. Rob Matzie.Matzie said he introduced H.R. 566, designating November 2019 as “Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month” in Pennsylvania, to keep the spotlight on a deadly disease for which successful treatment has proven elusive…

Matzie noted that the disease is a silent killer, often causing no symptoms in its earliest stages and only vague symptoms after that….

With early detection meaning the difference between life and death, Matzie urges everyone to see their physician if they experience jaundice, abdominal or back pain, weight loss, changes in stool, nausea, pancreatitis or recent-onset diabetes.