This result indicates that many cases of pancreatic cancer potentially could have been diagnosed earlier had patients with acute pancreatitis been evaluated for pancreatic cancer. (sciencedaily.com)
At diagnosis, fewer than 20 percent of cases of pancreatic cancer are still localized enough to be removed surgically. (sciencedaily.com)
But, he says, «the number of new cases of pancreatic cancer every year is 40,000, and the number of deaths every year is 40,000.» (sciencemag.org)