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.
Condoleances. Not much else to say.