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Re:Possible blood test for colon cancer by odiroot on Saturday April 27, 2019 @07:42AM (#19765050)
Well, my father died of pancreatic cancer three years ago. It was detected in the last stage due to very strange positioning. He only had a few months to live at that point.

I really wish we had better methods to detect that cancer. Maybe before it metastasised he could be saved?

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Re:Possible blood test for colon cancer by astazangasta on Saturday April 27, 2019 @01:39PM (#19766654)
Pancreatic cancer has very poor survival. 5-year survival for stage 0 to II (i.e. early detection) is 34%. Most pancreas tumors are KRAS mutants - undruggable and aggressive.
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Re:Possible blood test for colon cancer by agumonkey on Saturday April 27, 2019 @08:27AM (#19765177)
I think 2 of the, still, most deadly cancer kinds are still as lethal as always because there was no progress in early detection.
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