But conversely, pancreatic cancer that won't kill you is probably never caught because it is symptomless. Thus, you "survive" it and you don't even realize it.

But conversely, pancreatic cancer that won't kill you is probably never caught because it is symptomless. Thus, you "survive" it and you don't even realize it. Improved pancreatic-cancer detection might well increase the amount of early pancreatic-cancers caught and the survival rate of pancreatic cancer without saving a single life!