Pancreatic cancer survival rate?

My father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in oct 04'. He went through a procedure where they take some of his insides our and re-tie. i heard it was called the whipple procedure or something like that. They were only able to take half of the cancerous tumor out and the other half they were hoping treatments would take care of it.

he is still alive and the recent news is that the treatments for the remaining cancer caused it to shrink 50%. so thats good new. the downfall is that they found a small bit in his colon, it is early that it can possibly be taken out. since it has been 2 1/2yrs fighting this, is it possible to be able to beat this?

my father is very possitive, the doctors are astounded that he has survived this long. Even the doctor who did his surgery called my fathers current doctor to see when he had passed and was shocked that he was still alive.

Can we beat this? thanks.

I have Pancreatic Cancer and had the Whipple over 2 years ago. I am still cancer free and am glad to report that Ampullar of Vater is the only type of PC that has any cure rate. In fact sometimes completely cureable. Go to the Cancer Survivors Network and find out more that will help you.
You can contact me at golfwrench@msn.com anytime for support or conversation.

i think survival rate is 12% for pancreatic. But I think its because its so rare and it targets people with certain conditions. Good Luck though.

he sure can beat it =others have

God Bless your dad & you.
with his amazing positive attitude..he will be fine!

I am sorry to tell you this but in a health class that I had a year or two ago, the teacher discussed different types of cancer and showed us stats that expressed that colon and pacreatic cancer have the lowest survival rate out of all the cancers with pancreatic cancer having the lowest. As another user said, it is because so little is known about it.

Pancreatic cancer is usually found in the late stages, as evidenced by your father's ca already spreading to the colon before it was found, because this type of cancer is usually painless throughout the early stages and it is very quick to spread. This leads to the poor survival rates. It is true that the survival rates for this are very low but, that doesn't mean he cannot enjoy the present. He is obviously a fighter and a good outcome is very dependant on that.
I work in an intensive care unit and I see miracles all the time.
Hope this helps

Your father has already beat the odds. The average survival time for pancreatic cancer is only 6 months. So, your dad is a certainly a fighter and lucky.

I don't know about totally beating pancreatic cancer. It happens but very rarely. The 5 year survival rate is about 2%. Given the 6 month average survival time, anyone making it 1 year has much better survival rate, 2 years even higher.

Also, sounds like the type of cancer may not be as aggressive as most pancreatic cancers.

Good luck your father.

he still has a chance but when it comes back it usually is just a matter of time. I am 25 years old and currently in partial remission from pancreatic cancer. i had a whipple, 40 chemo treatments and 28 radiation. from what i know and read, less than 10% are still here 5 years after everything, but that is just a number. go to pancan.org. it has great info on this. and even though he may have something in his colon, it is still considered PC. so, i would say do everything you can in contacting john hopkins or moffitt or even USC med center and explain the situation. they may be able to do something for him that will help. email me if you ever need to talk.

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