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Pancreatic Cancer Facts
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Approximately 31,860 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year and approximately 31,270 will die from it. |
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No effective early detection methods have been developed, there are minimal treatment options available, and very little research is under way due to limited research funding. |
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Pancreatic cancer has the #1 fatality rate of all cancers. |
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The 99% mortality rate for pancreatic cancer is the highest of any cancer. |
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Pancreatic cancer does not discriminate by age, gender or race and only 4% of patients survive beyond 5 years. |
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Pancreatic cancer is the #4 cause of cancer deaths in the United States amongst both men and women. |
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Only $36.5 million dollars of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) cancer research budget was spent on pancreatic cancer research in 2003. This is less than 1% of the NCI's 4.592 billion dollar cancer research budget for 2003. |
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Despite the especially lethal nature of pancreatic cancer, the research spending per pancreatic cancer patient is the lowest of any leading cancer. |
NCI Funding Chart
| Year |
Breast |
Prostate |
Colon |
Lung |
Pancreas* |
| 1996 |
317,500,000 |
71,700,000 |
98,000,000 |
119,400,000 |
8,100,000 |
| 1997 |
332,000,000 |
82,300,000 |
103,200,000 |
132,400,000 |
10,200,000 |
| 1998 |
348,700,000 |
86,900,000 |
121,000,000 |
139,800,000 |
14,200,000 |
| 1999 |
387,200,000 |
135,700,000 |
152,900,000 |
151,000,000 |
17,300,000 |
| 2000 |
438,700,000 |
203,200,000 |
175,800,000 |
175,000,000 |
20,000,000 |
| 2001 |
475,200,000 |
258,000,000 |
207,400,000 |
206,500,000 |
21,800,000 |
| 2002 Estimate |
522,600,000 |
278,400,000 |
245,000,000 |
237,900,000 |
33,100,000 |
| 2002 Dollars per death |
$13,065 |
$9,219 |
$4,329 |
$1,536 |
$1,114 |
*Pancreatic Cancer is 6/10th of 1% of the total NCI budget. No figures for private giving are publicly available.
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Updated: July 25, 2005 |
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