The prognosis for pancreatic cancer is an expert opinion as to the likely outcome and course of the cancer. It also means the chance that some one with pancreatic cancer will have a recurrence or recover.
Many keys can affect someone’s pancreatic cancer prognosis, such as, the stage of the cancer stage, the location and type of the cancer, the person’s age, general health, and response to the treatments.
The pancreatic cancer prognosis is reported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) in terms of 5-year survival rate statistics. The statistics show the percentage of patients still alive 5 years after being diagnosed with the cancer.
Peoples with pancreatic cancer who are alive for 5 years after diagnosis may be alive for many years after, but 5 years is the common point at which the NCI and ACS noted the statistics.
Pancreatic cancer prognosis also affected by cancer stage. The advance the cancer stage, the less likely it is to be cured by resection. However, a number of patients with advancer cancer appear to have been cured by surgery.
