I just yesterday said to my cousin (who recently lost her son to this horrendous disease) ‘someone needs to develop an early test for pancreatic Ca’. Lets hope this pans out. I have known several people who lost theirs lives to pancreatic ca. All because it doesn't show symptoms until it is already too late to help them.
I have known several people who lost theirs lives to pancreatic ca. All because it doesn't show symptoms until it is already too late to help them. I guess the real trick is trying to determine "who" to test, and how often. Do you test everyone in an annual screening? Do you test otherwise normally healthy people? Are there other "markers" that would suggest that some categories of people are more prone to this cancer?
The good news is that this test seems relatively inexpensive, so it could be offered as part of a routine screening.