Created at 6:08 p.m. Mar, 24, 2026
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not specific enough to uniquely point to pancreatic cancer.
It could also be:
metastatic lung cancer to spine
multiple myeloma
primary spinal tumour
retroperitoneal malignancy
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- This is referred thoracic pain via the splanchnic nerves
- X-rays won't show anything since it's referred pain
- Different than cancer of the pancreatic head (jaundice, epigastric pain)

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