Pancreatic cancer continues to have the highest mortality rate of all major cancers, with a five year survival rate of around 10%. VMurdockTV reports.
"I knew something was wrong," said Kelly L. Harris, who retired in early 2021.
He had an annual physical scheduled shortly after that big moment. Then, a week before the visit, his urine turned extremely dark. Bloodwork showed something off. A CAT scan revealed the truth: Pancreatic cancer. Harris's surgeon, Dr. Elliot Newman, chief of surgical oncology with Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital, shares curing pancreatic is challenging.Vague abdominal painAnything persistent that seems off
"There's some information that has evolved in the past couple of years that people have new onset of diabetes have to be worked up and evaluated for the possibility that that might be related to a pancreas cancer," Newman said. "When we do see people with early stage disease, it's terrific. We can operate. That's our best chance of being cured," Newman said. Surgery eliminated the tumor, still 10 months of chemotherapy followed.
"All the nurses, both in the recovery room and during the process of chemo. These people have been marvelous to me," Harris said. "I can't believe that that has not helped me enormously to get through this," Harris said. "If something is wrong... maybe wait a couple of days, but no more. If something is really, clearly wrong, see someone.
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