Days after Wu-Tang Clan announced the passing of co-founderOliver "Power" Grant, the cause of death was announced. The news coincided with the hip hop group's nomination to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He was 52.
AlthoughGrantwasn't a performer, he served as executive producer on their first album, Enter the Wu-Tang, and also helped fund the group in the early days.
WhatDid Oliver 'Power' Grant' Die From?
Grant died following "a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer," his family and Wu-Tang Clan said in a joint statement toRolling Stone.
What Should I Know about Pancreatic Cancer?
There were approximately 67,440 diagnoses of pancreatic cancer last year. The five-year survival rate is 13.3 percent, according to theNational Cancer Institute(NCI).
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Risk factors include smoking, which causes about 25 percent of all cases of pancreatic cancer. Other risks include being overweight, having diabetes, environmental factors, or pancreatitis, which is inflammation of the pancreas.
This cancer type disproportionately affects Black people, according toJohns Hopkins Medicine.
Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer
This disease is hard to catch early because people don't generally have symptoms until it reaches later stages.Symptomsto look out for include:
Loss of appetite
Fatigue
Belly pain
Weight loss
Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, called jaundice.
Light-colored or floating stools
Dark-colored urine
Itching
New diagnosis of diabetes or diabetes that's getting harder to control.
Pain and swelling in an arm or leg, which might be caused by a blood clot
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