Pancreatic Cancer Patient and Survivors Awareness
Patients Themselves Are Often Underutilized Sources of Knowledge
Pancreatic cancer has the worst survival rates of any other tumor-based cancer. The good news is the average 5-year+ survival rate according to the National Cancer Institute has increased from 10% in 2021 to 11.5% in 2022. Innovative treatments are occurring at a more rapid pace and there are indications that easier methods of early detection may be coming soon.