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It is common for people with pancreatic cancer to experience jaundice. Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin and eyes caused by excess bilirubin (a component of bile) in the blood. A tumor in the head of the pancreas can cause narrowing of the bile duct and block the bile flowing from the gallbladder into the small intestine. Blockage of the bile duct causes a buildup of bilirubin.
Jaundice due to metastatic cancer is much more common than originally appre-. ciated. Studies have shown that up to 21% of malignant biliary obstructions are. a result of distant primary malignancies metastatic to the pancreaticobiliary sys-. tem(1). Jaundice due to biliary stasis occurs from either the diffuse hepatic.