GuiltEdge t1_ita9vra wrote on October 22, 2022 at 2:19 AM

Reply to comment by newlypeaceful in Using a gel-like, radioactive implant, engineers have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer ever recorded in mouse models, the new treatment completely eliminated tumors in 80 percent of mice across several model types, including those considered the most difficult to treat by giuliomagnifico

It’s one of the most aggressive cancers, iirc. This research is a huge deal. So many people go from diagnosis to death in weeks.

Slappinbeehives t1_italqf9 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 4:08 AM

My mom was lucky she survived for 3 years. I hate this cancer so much. I gave my moms final dose an it sucks going bed with that every night.

GuiltEdge t1_itarrdq wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:15 AM

Wow that sounds like torture.

Slappinbeehives t1_itav9ko wrote on October 22, 2022 at 5:58 AM

Cancer was the easy part. My Holocaust arrived with terminal agitation.

Restless. Screaming. Too afraid to die.

Awake w her in her bedroom like that for days. It was “too emotional” for the rest of my family. Morphine every 2 hrs. No sleep.

Dad died 4 months later.

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measuredingabens t1_itb907m wrote on October 22, 2022 at 9:09 AM

It's not aggressive so much as it is really hard to detect without specialised tests. Pancreatic cancer tends to grow for years before symptoms show, and by then it is too late.