My mom's father dies from a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer.

I think he was 67 or so at the time, and had lived a pretty good life. He was a full-bird Air Force colonel, was a bombardier on a B-29 in ww2, served in Japan during the occupation after WW2 (where my mom was born), had 3 pretty good kids and a great wife.

He really dedicated himself to staying healthy as long as possible, but as the article indicates, the survival rates are dismal...

Maybe if the researchers looked at the chemicals in our environment including the ones already taken off of the market, they might find the true cause of most cancers.

I just goes to show how precious health is compared to wealth. I don't know about Jobs' choices, but so many of us smoke, drink to excess, choose a fatty diet, etc. because we don't think about how much more likely it means we'll lose decades of life. I struggled to quit smoking at 45 and am so glad I finally did because, at 60, I'm 8x less likely to get lung cancer than a smoker. If I had never smoked I'd be 16x less likely. I was motivated to quit when I realized that my older relatives who didn't smoke were vastly outliving those who smoked.

Much stated in this article is speculative as this is a cancer that has yet to find adequate research funds and one that has many presentations. Nonetheless, if the scans show that the cancer has spread to vital organs or once the tumors have appeared in the brain, it is a matter of weeks--if lucky months, but those additional weeks of "life" come at a great cost.

My mother died of this in 1967. She both smoked and drank. She had never been sick in her life and she started symptoms 6 mos before they finally operated. She went very quick (6 wks) after that.

I am always interested in if they have made any progress in this disease. I don't see alot of program unfortunately.