What is pancreatic cancer and how do you get it?

I now know of 5 people who have had Pancreatic cancer and died within 3 months. I don't understand why it isn't caught earlier so people can live. How do you get it? How do you get diagnosed early so doctors can do something about it. We have so much techology out there to fight cancer. Why are people dying of this. Why does this disease kill people so quickly?

Good question. Here is some brief info on it and why it's so hard to diagnose and what the major causes are: http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/...

Here is the site for pancreatic cancer:
http://www.pancreatica.org/

i dont know but im sorry for your friends

mayoclinic.com can answer alot of your questions. prayers go out to your friends.

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