Only 8 per cent of pancreatic cancer patients survive longer than five years but a new clinical trial being brought to New Zealand early next year could change that. But, speaking ahead of World Pancreatic Cancer Day today, Gut Cancer Foundation chief executive Liam Willis said there was hope for those fighting the "very, very aggressive form of cancer". Karrie Meyer is one of the lucky few pancreatic cancer patients who is now cancer free. For New Plymouth woman Karrie Meyer, finding out she had pancreatic cancer "kind of felt like a death sentence". Professor Michael Findlay, medical oncologist and founding board member of the Gut Cancer Foundation said diagnosing pancreatic cancer was particularly tricky.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 18, 2020 16:02 UTC