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What is pancreatic cancer anyway?
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 20:34 From the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson ‘Oncolog’, October 2009 issue:
You might not know much about pancreatic cancer, but chances are you’ve heard of it. Public awareness of the disease has increased in recent years as well-known people including Steve Jobs, Luciano Pavoratti, Patrick Swayze, and Gene Upshaw were diagnosed with various forms of pancreatic cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 35,000 Americans are expected to die from pancreatic cancer during 2009.
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