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World Pancreatic Cancer Day (11/21) 11-21-19 00:00 DC

Today (Thursday) is World Pancreatic Cancer Day which seeks a cure for a disease with only a 9-percent survival rate after five years. KSCO’s David Coursey is a pancreatic cancer survivor and shares these warning signs, one of which may have saved his life.

“Part of the reason for the low survival rate is that most patients are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer only after cancer has progressed significantly. By that time, patients may survive for only weeks or months.

“Important warning signs include stomach pain, mid-back pain, unexplained weight loss, nausea and loss of appetite, indigestion, changes in stool, and new-onset diabetes. And last, there is jaundice in which my yellow skin and eyes led doctors to diagnose pancreatic cancer when my tumor was still small and had not spread.”

More information at worldpancreaticcancerday.org or pancan.org.

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