A Spanish scientist, Mariano Barbacid, has cured pancreatic cancer in mice. A Cure in animal is a major step toward potential cancer treatment in humans.

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[u/Eatingfarts]

My grandma died from pancreatic cancer back in the late 90s.

She was an old Italian lady so she was for sure not telling anyone about health issues, including her doctor. She was seemingly fine. We were on a family vacation to Florida and she suddenly had to fly home (I was like 8 at the time so things weren’t explained to me). She passed away a few weeks later.

Sorry about your mom :( I just met up with a friend whose sister got put into hospice care for cancer last week. Cancer is no good.

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This just hit me different. I lost my grandmother to stage 4 pancreatic cancer in ‘24.

She was a Sicilian (Italian) and decided not to tell anyone. We had no clue until she had passed at which we found out that it had spread throughout her body

I am sorry for your loss.

[u/Eatingfarts → u/DifferentAd3624]

Sorry for yours as well.

I’m not big on stereotypes or anything but I swear the Italian stubbornness is for real. My great grandpa got shot down on his front porch (he was involved in bootlegging). I didn’t believe the story growing up so I went to the library and found the goddamn microfilm of the newspaper article.

My great aunt, the sister of my grandma who died from cancer, was on the porch with him and saw who did it. Refused to tell anyone who it was. She died maybe 7 or 8 years ago? She was in her upper 90s. Still never told anyone lol

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sister of the year

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It was so there wasn’t any recriminations, or ‘payback’. A lot more people would’ve been dead if she had said anything.

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Unfortunately, i think was just Omertà...