What causes pancreatic cancer?

I know someone who just passed away because she had pancreatic cancer. She was only told she had it 3 months ago, and last week she was told she only had 3-10 days left to live. She only made it to the 3rd day unfortunately.

I've never even really...

heard much about pancreatic cancer and was wondering what causes it and if there's ways to avoid it? Its things like this that make me worry about what I put into my body. One of those wake up call type situations - knowing she was so young (~40) just scares me about my future.

The pancreas secretes hormones and enzymes to digest our fats. One of those hormones is insulin, which prompts the body to use sugar in the blood rather than fat as energy. Its levels are low in diabetic patients, who suffer from abnormally high blood sugar...
maybe that's the cause...
Gene Upshaw was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just four days before he succumbed to it.

I have a friend he is a doctor and he can answer to this question.When I see him I'll ask about it!

Wow... I just read about Gene Upshaw.
I'm glad her and her family *knew* when she was going to die so they got their proper goodbye's. Also 3 months is much better than 4 days.