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ms liberty

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3. Wow. 90% of pancreatic cancers is a big effing deal, the survival rate is bad on it

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2024, 10:34 AM

Jan 2024

Only about 12% at 5 years. Great news for the other cancers too, of course. But huge for pancreatic - I've known several people who had it; they all died within a year and it wasn't pleasant for them. This is excellent news.

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