According to the CDC [0], the five-year net survival rate for localized pancreatic cancer is 37.4%. That's really low for an early-staged diagnosis. By compar

According to the CDC [0], the five-year net survival rate for localized pancreatic cancer is 37.4%. That's really low for an early-staged diagnosis. By comparison, early-staged colorectal cancer has an 89.9% net survival rate, despite the late-staged rate being 14.2%. Granted, a small proportion of these cancers are caught an early stage. But I wouldn't say most people diagnosed would live five years longer if they'd caught it early. And that's ignoring lead-time bias [1]. [0] https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/pancreas.html https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/pancreas.html [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_time_bias https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_time_bias