APRIL 22, 2022

Better Survival Seen in Early-Onset Than in Late-Onset Pancreatic Cancer

Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when they were younger than 50 years had improved survival compared with those diagnosed when they were 50 to 70 years of age, but not if there was metastatic disease at presentation, according to an analysis of an Australian pancreatic cancer registry.

“The incidence of pancreatic cancer is increasing in men and in women under the age of 50. Previous studies have shown that patients with early-onset pancreatic cancer may do worse than those with