Celebrities share their thoughts regarding the war on Pancreatic Cancer

 

 “Cancer of the pancreas is one of the most deadliest and it’s often not detected until it’s too late. I know this all too well. Five years ago, my older sister Emily died from it. Mammograms and colonoscopies are now routine and have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Each year some 200,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Let’s hope that soon many of their lives can be saved.”    Katie Couric - CBS News

 

“It killed my father. It killed my brother and both my sisters. Pancreatic Cancer killed them all. We don’t know how or why they got it but we knew it and it was already too late. There still isn’t any way to detect it early or to treat it effectively but we do know the cure, research. Just look how far we have come with other diseases.”   President Jimmy Carter

 

“We are so grateful to the Dick Aldridge Pancreatic Cancer Foundation for recognizing the importance of research developing effective screening tools for pancreatic cancer. With this gift, we can focus on reducing the mortality from this terrible disease by understanding its causes and detecting and treating it at an earlier and more curable stage.”   Dr. Malcolm Moore,  Head of Medical Oncology and Hematology and Director of the Bras Family New Drug Development Program Princess Margaret Hospital.    

“Pancreatic cancer is a hideous disease; I am doing everything possible to raise awareness and research funding. The way you beat it! You give a lot of smart people the funding to do their job. I am a professor and I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they are given the resources to do it. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”  Dr. Randy Pausch - Pancreatic Cancer Advocate, Author of the Last Lecture and Professor Carnegie Mellon University 

 

Patrick Swayze, diagnosed in March with pancreatic cancer, received a standing ovation when he appeared on the Kodak Theatre stage, and said: "I dream of a future with a long healthy life, a life not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light." He continued: "I dream of a day when everyone diagnosed will be fortunate to have hope … I dream the word cure will no longer be followed by the words, 'It's impossible.' "  Patrick Swayze, actor

 

“Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of deaths related to cancer for both men and women in North America and together with the donation provided by the Dick Aldridge Pancreatic Cancer Foundation and the incredible scientists at Princess Margaret Hospital, we can further the awareness and funding desperately needed for Pancreatic Cancer Research.”   Honourable Helena Guergis,  Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, International Trade & Sport, MP Simcoe-Grey, Ontario

 

“Pancreatic cancer will take the lives of more than 2,300 New Yorkers this year alone. I hope this resolution shines a light on the imperative to develop better early detection methods and more effective treatments for this deadly disease,”   Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

 

"As a physician, I know the survival statistics for someone with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” he said. But if the five-year survival is 5 percent, that’s not zero… So, never take away someone’s hope.”   Ron Davis - President,   The American Medical Association

 

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