• Every year around 45,220 U.S. citizens are diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in the United States. Over 38,460 will die indefinitely from the disease. 

 

• Over the course of the last 40 years or so, Pancreatic Cancer is one of only few cancers that survival rate has not improved.

 

• Pancreatic Cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States.

 

• Pancreatic Cancer has the largest death rate of all major cancers. A stunning 94% of patients with the disease will die within a five year span of their diagnosie. A mere 6% will live past five years. 74% of patients will die within the first year of diagnosis. 

 

• Following a diagnosis the average life expectancy ranges only from three to six months. 

 

• There are few known causes of Pancreatic Cancer. Family history of the diease, smoking, age and diabetes are only several of many possible known risks. 

 

• Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer of very few and vague, making the disease extremely difficult to diagnose and discover. 

 

• There are very few treatment optiosn for Pancreatic Cancer. Removal of the tumor is possible in only 20% of patients diagnosed. Chemotherapy is offered mainly to patients who are unable to have their mass surgically removed. 

 

• There are no detection tools to detect this disease early on when surgery is possible.

 

• The National Cancer Institute (NCI) spent an estimated $105.3 million on pancreatic cancer research in 2012. This represented a mere 1.8% of the NCI's approximate $5.8 billion cancer research budget for that year.

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