Probably a good time to talk about pancreatic cancer

 

Percent of pancreatic cancer patients diagnosed when the disease is still localized: 8

Their 5-year relative survival: 21.5%

Percent of pancreatic cancer patients diagnosed when the disease has metastasized: 53

Their 5-year relative survival: 1.8%

Mean survival rate after diagnosis: < 1 year

Ranking in cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide: 4

Number of effective screening procedures for early detection of pancreatic cancer: 0

Number of people who will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer during their lifetime: 1 in 71.

Estimated number of people in the US who were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2010: 43,140

Estimated number of people in the US who died from  pancreatic cancer in 2010: 36,800

Median age of death from pancreatic cancer in the US, 2003-2007: 73

Number of National Institutes of Health funded grants having the words “pancreatic  AND (adenocarcinoma OR carcinoma OR cancer)” in their abstracts: 477

Estimated annual  funding for these grants: $34,897,600

Estimated cost of Kim Kardashian’s wedding: >$18,000,000

Estimated total annual health care costs in the US for treating pancreatic pancer: $2,600,000,000

Average cost of treating a pancreatic cancer patient in the US: $87,784

Average cost of treating a pancreatic cancer patient in Sweden: $21,899

Total annual costs of pancreatic cancer to the US economy, including lost work days, lost wages: $4,900,000,000

Percent of pancreatic cancer patients diagnosed with major depression: 76

 

 

 

People near me who I loved and died of pancreatic cancer: 1*

 

 


Sources:

http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/pancreas.html

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/PancreaticCancer/DetailedGuide/pancreatic-cancer-detection

http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm

http://www.wikeez.com/en/people/pictures-kim-kardashian%E2%80%99s-extravagant-wedding-12871

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/409001_2

http://www.asco.org/ascov2/Meetings/Abstracts?&vmview=abst_detail_view&confID=40&abstractID=33928

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21850604

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/468138_6

 


 
* Not S.J.
 

 

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One Response to “Probably a good time to talk about pancreatic cancer”

  1. MRR says:

    Condoleances. Not much else to say.