I read he was diagnosed last year, maybe it was going on for a while before he went to the doctors. What a shame. So many cancers out there that have no symptoms until it’s too late, and the sad part is most can be cured if found early. I have no idea what the tests for that are.
The thing about gastro cancers (pancreatic, stomach, colon) is that they present like common disorders. As such, they tend to be ignored or treated with OTC stuff. By the time things have gone south…it’s usually too late.
There are screening tests out there…but they can be expensive and mass use would generate more false positives than provide any “good.”