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A Rare Pancreatic Cancer Survivor
8 Days After a Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis, This Man Had Surgery That's Kept Him Cancer Free for 5 Years
Joseph Mele spent a year with digestive problems, feeling bloated, weak and listless, with no appetite.
But it only took eight days after his pancreatic cancer diagnosis to get the life-saving surgery that has kept him cancer-free for five years.
The surgery has helped Mele defy the odds. According to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts and Figures 2022, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is 11%. And that’s actually an improvement – an increase of five percentage points over the last decade.
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