Twelve weeks. That was all it took for pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal tumors in the world, to take my father’s life. It’s called a silent killer: it develops silently, initially with mild symptoms, until it’s too late to do anything.
⚠️ Silent and aggressive cancer
Pancreatic cancer receives less media attention than lung, breast, or colon cancer, yet it is one of the most serious diseases. In France, according to data from Santé Publique France (2023), nearly 16,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Globally, the incidence of this disease increases by 2-3% per year , and the 5-year survival rate remains less than 10% .
Diagnosis is often made too late: the average age at diagnosis is 71 for men and 74 for women. In more than three-quarters of cases, the tumor is already inoperable. Only complete surgical removal offers a realistic chance of survival, hence the importance of early diagnosis.
