The devastating disease rarely causes early symptoms, so it's often diagnosed after the cancer has already spread.
"It begins in a subtle way. The pancreas sits in the center of your abdomen, and it's not easily detectable by anything we can do in exam. Often when it presents, it's already far advanced," Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President and CEO Dr. Selwyn Vickers told CBS News New York.
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