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Pancretic cancer death rate?
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96% by 5yrs expire..: Sobering statistics. Acs 2013 stats: '...45, 220 will be dxd 38, 460 will die. Lifetime risk of getting it is only 1.47%...' ~3/4 of those dxd will die in the first year.
Answered 1/11/2015
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Depends on stage: Stage & therapeutic approach determines survival.
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