
More than 62,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States this year. Because it often doesn’t cause symptoms until it has progressed into later stages, the deadly condition can be very difficult to treat.
“Pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose early because there’s no standard screening test for it,” says hematologist oncologist Maged Khalil, MD, with LVH Hematology Oncology (part of Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute). “Most people experience symptoms before ever being checked for it.”