The Smiths star Andy Rourke has died at the age of 59, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
The condition is one of the hardest cancers to spot and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer, so it's essential to catch it early if you can. Pancreatic cancer is known as a silent disease, and symptoms can often be mistaken for other less serious health conditions - reports the Mirror.
With this in mind, we've looked at the most common signs, and if you spot them you should contact your doctor immediately. Yellowing of the skin, known as jaundice, and bleeding in the stomach or intestine are the two most serious symptoms associated with pancreatic cancer.
