Pancreatic cancer is sometimes called a silent disease because early pancreatic cancer often does not cause symptoms. But as the cancer grows, symptoms can include:

• Pain in the upper abdomen or upper back
• Yellow skin and eyes, and dark urine from jaundice
• Weakness
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea and vomiting
• Weight loss with no known explanation
• Burning feeling in stomach or other gastrointestinal discomforts
• Floating stools with a particularly bad odor, due to malabsorption of fats

However, these symptoms may also indicate more common, less severe conditions.