pancreatic cancer cure

Surgery is the only realistic way to cure pancreatic cancer. But surgeons only recommend it when they think they can remove all of the cancer

The average patient diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer will live for about one year after diagnosis

A rare subset of patients with pancreatic cancer achieve long-term survival without resection. Despite prolonged survival, morbidities unrelated to the primary cancer were frequently encountered and a close follow-up is warranted in these patients.

Pancreatic cancer is hard to treat for a variety of reasons, including being difficult to surgically remove and resistant to some treatments