The median is more like three months.
5%/Five years.
It is usually not detected until its too late. If they found it through blood tests, they have been looking. Its not a common blood test.’
Normal treatment is radiation/chemo then surgery. She will go home and probably get chemo there. If she does not get chemo, the tumor hasn’t responded and she is done.
She probably cannot tolerate chemo at her age and health state. She will not last long.
Its not a good way to go.
No, it is not. I helped my mother through pancreatic cancer. Whipple procedure that ended up being a full removal of the pancreas, radiation, chemo. She lived 9 months from diagnosis to hospice.
“...probably cannot tolerate chemo at her age ...”
Yes, this is how my dear aunt passed. I hope RBG gets her spiritual house in order.