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Asked by rhino645 to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 12 Nov 2012.
Question: whats the worst/most dangerous type of cancer youve come across?
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Adam Paige answered on 12 Nov 2012:
Pancreatic cancer is the worst one I can think of. For every 100 people who are diagnosed with this disease, only 2-3 people will still be alive five years later.
Scientists have made some incredible advances in treating cancer, but some cancers have very high survival rates, whilst others are much more difficult to cure. Whilst pancreatic cancer is very difficult to treat, 80% of breast cancer patients and 95% of testicular cancer patients are still healthy five years after their disease is diagnosed, due to some fantastic advances in our treatments.
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Louise Stanley answered on 12 Nov 2012:
Unfortunately one of my friends died of pancreatic cancer about 2 years ago. She wasn’t even 30 years old. It tends to be very aggressive and therefore very difficult to treat. Another friend at work, also 30 years old, got a brain tumour which treatment was also unsuccessful in treating and he very sadly died. Cancer is unfortunately one of the top 3 things people die from and so most people will know someone who has been affected with cancer. In all these cases it will be hard and seem like the worst cancer.
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Louise Walkin answered on 13 Nov 2012:
Yeah, I agree with both of the other answers. There are some cancers that are more manageable and easy to treat, but that doesn’t make suffering from it any easier than those cancers that are harder to treat. Leukaemia is a very common cancer expecially in children and I knew someone who had cancer her whole life and she died when she was 11, I was the same age as her and saw how aggressive it was. I don’t think cancer is the same death sentence that it used to be, especially with advances in surgery and treatment, but I don’t anyone feels better or worse for knowing they have one type of cancer over another.
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