[V_TWIN]

As I understand it survivability rate for pancreatic cancer is only around 5%.

A death sentence to be sure.

Same for Patrick Swayze and Michael Landon IIRC.

[oh8eleven]

... survivability rate for pancreatic cancer is only around 5%.

Three years ago my neighbor was diagnosed just after Halloween.
By Thanksgiving he was gone.
Brutal.

[DLfromthedesert]

And Alex Trebek

[KC Burke]

If Pancreatic is found early there is more hope than there used to be. The problem like many of the gastric cancers, it can be quite advanced before discovery.

I was told by someone, as I was going through stomach cancer treatment and surgery, that operating on a pancreas is like operating on a lump of warm butter — too little structure — like trying to get egg shell bits out of raw egg.

[steve86]

The ultimate survival rate for all of us is zero. Now, if you’re talking about 5 year survival...

[PCPOET7]

my roommate found out he had pancreatic cancer and was dead in 6 weeks.

[Dead Corpse]

And my Uncle.

F*ck cancer.

[Vermont Lt]

The new 5 year SEER was released this week. It’s up to 12%.

Early detection, successful surgery, and chemo can be curative. The problem is that it spreads quietly, so the victim doesn’t even realize they a dying, until it’s way too late.