I honestly don't know. A friend's mother died of it
10 years ago. She was 78. It does seem to be on the
rise.

Ellen
--- Cal Westray <calwestray@...> wrote:

> Is it my lack of noticing things except at odd times
> or are there
> more cases of Pancreatic Cancer going about?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer
>
> Gareth died of it.
> List of people who died from it:
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pancreatic_cancer_deaths
> List of people who survived their battles:
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pancreatic_cancer_survivors
>
> Stats for 2007:
> http://pancan.org/About/pancreaticCancerStats.html
>
> The latest celebrity to deal with it is Patrick
> Swayze:
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_en_mo/people_swayze_cancer;
> _ylt=Aq4OUeqXdsfIe8imUvup_c534T0D
>
> A Senator from Indiana, David Ford died of it
> recently.
> http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
> AID=/SE/20080306/NEWS/803060317
>
> Steve Jobs from Apple has dealt with it for over 9
> months and is
> surviving. We can only hope that more people can be
> successfully
> treated for it.
>
> I know it sounds morbid, but I never heard of it
> until the news of
> Gareth's death. And it seems to be a disease that is
> gaining
> attention. Checking Yahoo news for it, there are
> other cases
> reported where someone looses a battle with it after
> 6-10 months. It
> sounds pretty scary because the battle seems pretty
> short and
> uncertain. But outside an occasional celebrity
> getting it, it is
> rarely heard of or reported. At least I never
> noticed it before.
>
> Just something I pondered this morning.
>
> Cal
>
>
>


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