Please think of Steve on Friday if you have a moment. As the incidence of pancreatic cancer rises, unfortunately many more will be impacted by this horrible disease...yet research remains severely underfunded.
- Pancreatic cancer is on the rise...especially among younger adults.
- Every day 905 individuals die of pancreatic cancer.
- Regardless of stage, only about 6% of patients live five years. For Steve's stage...1%.
- Pancreatic cancer generally causes very few symptoms. By the time symptoms appear, it is often advanced. The life expectancy of Stage 4 is three to six months with chemotherapy.
- Researchers estimate that around 2020, pancreatic cancer will become the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States.
- Deaths for nearly every other cancer are declining, but the survival rates for pancreatic cancer have not changed in 40 years.
- Rates of pancreatic cancer are much higher in North America and Europe.
- There are no early detection tools or truly effective treatments for pancreatic cancer.
- From 2010 to 2030, the incidence of pancreatic cancer is projected to increase by 55%.
Thank you for the information. So very, very sorry you had to learn this first-hand. Steve's shoes almost add to the words you posted here: steps through this horrific disease and now the shoes are empty. So sad.
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