Paul Teal passes away
Why pancreatic cancer is particularly insidious
Pancreatic cancer is a rare but particularly aggressive and deadly form of cancer. Only recently, "One Tree Hill" star Paul Teal succumbed to this insidious disease at the age of just 35. An expert explains why the chances of recovery from this tumor disease are very low.
Hollywood star Patrick Swayze (1952-2009), star tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1939-2002), Apple boss Steve Jobs (1955-2011), magician Siegfried Fischbacher (1939-2021), Red Bull founder Didi Mateschitz (1944-2022) and 59-time Italian team player Gianluca Vialli (1964-2023) - numerous celebrities have died from this insidious disease.
Figures from Austria also show just how poor the prognosis is for pancreatic cancer: in 2019, 1829 people were diagnosed with the disease and 1789 died from it, according to Prof. Dr. Martin Schindl from the Pancreatic Cancer Unit at MedUni Vienna. But what makes this cancer so dangerous?
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