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http://youtu.be/LeD-P95Hjj4 Pancreatic cancer affects 45,000 people every year in the U.S. and is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. As we observe Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, it's important to focus on survivors and on viable options for fighting this disease. Barbara Nehr is a patient at Mayo Clinic in Florida who was able to have laparoscopic Whipple surgery to remove the cancer and now, at 68, she’s a three-year pancreatic cancer survivor. [Read Barbara's patient story on our Sharing Mayo Clinic blog] Journalists: Sound bites in English and Spanish from Horacio Asbun, M.D., chair, Division of General Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida, and a specialist in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries, are available in the downloads. Volando alto después de cirugía exitosa para cáncer de páncreas Noviembre es mes de concientizarnos sobre el cáncer de páncreas, una enfermedad con un pronóstico difícil. Pero sobrevivientes como Barbara Nehr y Dorylee Baez nos inspiran a mirar las posibilidades de tratamiento que tenemos hoy en día contra esta enfermedad.
Mindy Cahn is living proof that pancreatic cancer can be beat. The odds can be daunting. According to the National Cancer Institute, the five-year survival rate for localized pancreatic cancer is 21 percent. For cancer that has spread, the survival rate is about 9 percent. Cahn, 60, had been diagnosed with a softball-sized cyst on her pancreas 20 years ago. Told it was benign, the West Palm Beach, Fla., mother of three didn’t worry about it.
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