Patrick Swayze Near Death With Pancreatic Cancer

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Originally Posted by sj001

Pancreatic cancer unfortunately has something like a 3% 5-year survival rate, which really sucks. It's usually caught too late, and it's location in the body makes it very easy to spread. I'd often thought though that one of the bigger risk factors for the disease was someone who drank a lot for a large portion of their life... though I guess genetics play a factor as well.

Such a sad story.

A good friend just found out 3 weeks ago he has this.He had horrible acid reflux and heartburn that would not go away,so he went to the doctor and they ran tests and then got the news.Not good