Talk:Pancreatic cancer

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[edit] Updated Statistics

I have updated the statistics. Source: PanCAN - Pancreatic Cancer Facts for 2005 EricNau 04:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Awareness

I added the "Awareness" (or lack thereof) section. Feel free to add more! Pancreatic Cancer is definitely a cancer that deserves more attention. EricNau 05:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


The Awareness section currently has three (redundant) entries relating to celebrity deaths:

I will be condensing these three entries into one entry:

EricNau 04:33, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of victims

I have removed the list of victims/patients. None of these are relevant to mention - none of them have famously suffered such as Michael J Fox is doing from Parkinson's or Ronald Reagan from Alzheimer's. I've put the list here in case we need to revisit this at some point.

Victims of pancreatic cancer (living people)
Victims of pancreatic cancer (all deceased)

It is even worse when people are listed because they are the brother or sister of someone. JFW | T@lk 18:59, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I feel this list contributes a great deal to the article, and at one point, would like to put it back. However, I agree that the list is "bloated" and needs to be trimmed down, but I am unsure on the best way to do this. It would be hard to define who is "worthy" of being on the list, which is probably why it grew to such an extent. What are your thoughts? EricNau 03:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

We've had this discussion on many pages. I am strongly of the view that unless the patient's disease is notable (e.g. Kylie Minogue and breast cancer, Michael J Fox and Parkinson's) there is more grounds for inclusion than when someone develops a condition after the fame has gone. Relatives of famous people should not be included unless these famous people then make this their cause and go on record for fundraising etc. In all events we should have reliable sources for each mention. Still, these lists add very little to the article in absolute terms. JFW | T@lk 07:31, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

List restored on 18 June 2006. The people involved may not be ""famous suffers"" of the disease, but it is informative to know who has what medical condition and helps raise the profile of the disease in question. Franz-kafka 18:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

An anonymous user deleted the entire list of victims for no reason, without discussion and without authorization.

List restored. 216.194.60.137 01:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Predisposing factors: African-American ethnicity

Under predisposing factors, they list "African-American ethnicity" why "African-American" and not just "African"? I read the source which says "African Americans are 40% to 50% more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas than whites. This may be explained by smoking and diabetes in men and overweight in women.", and so it's not mulattos (specifically). They said African-Americans probably because the website is (US)American. There is no point in saying African-American just as it would be pointless to say African-European. --A Sunshade Lust 01:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] neuroendocrine prognosis

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TH 03:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I took out the several paragraphs that I put here by mistake.

TH 20:27, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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