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How long can a person survive with pancreatic cancer?
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Usually not long: It is quite dismal. Most cancers are discovered late and are unresectable. For localized cancers, resection offers the best chance of cure, and even this is only in the order of 25% at 5 years in the best series...But is better than nothing!
Answered 7/25/2017
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