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06 Feb 2009 08:53

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U.S.: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has pancreatic cancer; will she survive?

  • <5% of all pancreatic cancer patients survive beyond five years after the diagnosis, mostly because of a lack of early diagnosis
  • <10% of cases are caught early; in Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s case, it was, but that still means a long, painful road ahead source