The doctrine of sovereign immunity applies to state governments within their own states, but it was not initially clear whether states had immunity as to suits involving other states or citizens of other states. In the 1793 case of Chisholm v.
Based on a person's exam, lab tests, and description of symptoms, a doctor often orders an imaging test: Computed tomography (CT scan): A scanner takes multiple X-ray pictures, and a computer reconstructs them into detailed images of the inside of the abdomen. A CT scan helps doctors make a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
1 Five-year survival rates approach 25% if the cancers are surgically removed while they are still small and have not spread to the lymph nodes. 2  There is no reliable screening test for the early detection of pancreatic cancer.  Symptoms are often vague and easily confused with other diseases.