Eli5 why pancreatic cancer is a death sentence?

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I mean almost nobody survives it, it’s not uncommon unlike other cancers which are equally deadly(heart cancer for example), yet when you have it it’s basically over. A good reason to not consider chemo and just enjoy the days you have left.

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Partly just because it’s most common in old men who are less healthy to begin with, and on top of that treatment is often difficult, painful, ruins quality of life. So if you’re already, say, in your eighties and treatment is going to suck you might just let it go.

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