I think the 5 year human survival rate, with treatment, used to be less than 2% so every little bit helps. Didn’t the late USSC Justice Ruth Baader Ginzberg live for a very long time after pancreatic cancerdiagnosis and treatment? As I recall, her pancreatic cancer was discovered very andmost unusually early, by accident, during another test or procedure. Usually pancreatic cancer is diagnosed late in the staging and not very treatable.
There are two main types of PC cancer. Cancer in the tail, which is what RBG and Steve Jobs had is very treatable and it doesnt spread nearly as fast. It has to do with the location of the tumor and its surroundings.
Pancreatic cancer in the head of the pancreas is right next to a couple of arteries and the digestive system. It is literally inches to the liver and there is a duct that connects to two systems. Tumors on head of the pancreas are the ones that spread fast (usually) and unless they are found really early, inoperable and hard to treat.
I don’t know about the mice kind.