Health Bop

The pancreas is an organ about six inches long.  It is shaped similar to a thin pear.  It is wide at the head end and narrower at the tail end, and is located behind the stomach.  The pancreas lies inside a loop made of the small intestine.  The endocrine pancreas is the section which produces hormones.  Only five percent of cancer of the pancreas is found here.  The exocrine pancreas is the section which produces digestive juices.  This is where ninety-five percent of cancer of the pancreas is found.