Hello iam 19 years old what are the chances of me having pancreatic cancer or stomach cancer have a lot of the symptoms but just need to wait till tuesday to ring doctors when they reopen to get checked out
Hi there Briggsy! It's wonderful to have you here!
I'm 21 myself, and have a lot of those symptoms, however, they're very very unclear symptoms as all the cancer symptoms of both those you listed, have many, many other causes! May I ask what your symptoms are? At our age, it's incredibly unlikely to be stomach or pancreatic cancer, however there are still a handful of cases each year! Please try not to worry about it, as I'd go as far as to say 99.9% of people our age won't get it! It's probably even fewer than 1/1000! Let us know how you get on and best of luck to you!
Hello yeah i downloaded the statistics of pancreatic cancer from 2016-2018 from cancer research and it was like 2 cases every year in 15-19 year olds very very rare of getting it my symptoms are pain in stomach,back pain,light coloured stools sometimes and nausea
Ahhhh, okay I see! Yeah, 2 per year is incredibly unlikely, and that's across 4 year classes, so divide that by 4, that's 0.5 cases a YEAR in 19 year olds, and there are something like 3-4 million 14-19 year olds! Your chances are really good! Keep us all updates on how you're feeling though, and if you have any tests run!
At 19 the chances of getting any cancer is very uncommon. Also the types of cancer you mention are far more likely to affect people after the age of 60.
The best thing to do if your symptoms do not get better, is to make a GP appointment.
