Surgery, which may include removing portions of the pancreas is the only treatment that can get rid of cancerous pancreatic tumors. Other treatment options include radiation,chemotherapy or alternative medications,any of which may be added with surgery. The survivor rate is 7 percent, when diagnosed in later stages the patient usually have only a few months to live.
About 90 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are over the age of 55 and 68 percent are over 65. Pancreatic cancer does occur in young patients and factors such as family history, smoking, diet, obesity and chronic pancreatitis are negative