Tag Archives: Pancreatic Cancer

Beating the Odds Again: John Fulton’s Islet Cancer Treatment

December 15th, 2012 - 8:00 pm

Decades after beating bone cancer at Mayo Clinic, John Fulton returned, this time to defeat islet cell cancer. John says that, once more, Mayo helped him “beat the system.” Continue reading →

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Pancreatic Cancer Removed via Laparoscopic Surgery

May 3rd, 2012 - 1:37 pm

Mindy Cahn is living proof that pancreatic cancer can be beat. The odds can be daunting. According to the National Cancer Institute, the five-year survival rate for localized pancreatic cancer is 21 percent. For cancer that has spread, the survival … Continue reading →

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Ten Years and Still Cancer Free

August 12th, 2010 - 6:00 am

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, with a 20 percent relative survival rate after one-year and a four percent survival rate after five-years for all stages combined, according to the American Cancer … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Gift for a Mom Who Has Everything (including Pancreatic Cancer)

May 14th, 2009 - 9:00 am

On Mother’s Day, Jeanine Peterson told the story on her blog of the special gift she gave her mom, a Mayo Clinic patient. With her mom’s permission, we share a portion of the story here: Share/Bookmark

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