The medical community and scientists consider pancreatic cancer to be one of the deadliest diseases you can get. It has “the dismal prognosis of all gastrointestinal cancers” (Ibusuki, Hiraoka, Kanemisu, Takamori, and Tsuji). Because it is nearly impossible to diagnose pancreatic cancer before the disease significantly progresses, 95% of people lose a painful and exhausting battle against this disease within five years of diagnosis (Slezak). The severity of pancreatic cancer arises from the anatomical and genetic differences in each medical case. This poses another problem for researchers, as finding a similarity between different cancer cases is critical to discovering an effective treatment. Fortunately, these researchers have already found a correlation between all cases of acute pancreatic cancer; they found that each different case of cancer develops a way to disrupt the electron transport chain, a molecular structure that plays a key role in inhibiting the process of cell division. However, this does not make this disease easier to defeat; in many cases lesions and masses caused by pancreatic cancer recur despite numerous surgeries and cycles of chemotherapy, a very uncomfortable chemical treatment that can cause pain and malnutrition (Ibusuki, Hiraoka, Kanemisu, Takamori and Tsuji). These researchers have also worked tirelessly in hopes of shutting down cancer cell energy pathways and crucial enzymes, but to no avail (Sarkar, Banerjee, and Li). The rapid metastasis of this form of cancer makes almost any form of treatment useless. However, compared to any chemical or experimental regimen, surgical resections are the most effective form of treatment for pancreatic cancer. Pan...... middle of paper ......nt of cancer cells in the least amount of time and with a minimal amount of side effects, surgical pancreatic resections are the most effective way to treat pancreatic cancer. Works Cited Ibusuki, Mutsuko, Takehisa Hiraoka, Keiichiro Kanemitsu, Hiroshi Takamori, and Tatsuya Tsuji. “Complete remission of pancreatic cancer after multiple resections of local pancreatic recurrent sites and liver metastases: a case report.” Surgery Today 38 (2008): 563-566. Network. April 30, 2014.Sarkar, Fazlul H., Sanjeev Banerjee, and Yiwei Li. "Pancreatic cancer: pathogenesis, prevention and treatment". Applied Toxicology and Pharmacology (2007): 326-336. Network. May 20, 2014.Slezak, Michael. “Pancreatic cancer sweet spot found.” New Scientist 221.2958(2014):14. Network. April 28, 2014. “Overview of Treatment Options for Pancreatic Cancer.” cancer.gov. National Institute of Health, February 21, 2014. Web. April 30. 2014.