Another RBG Post (You'll want to read) 2009 - RBG has rare surgery to fight pancreatic cancer: https://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/02/few_get_surgery_for_grim_pancr.html "AP, FileSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg got a shot at survival that unfortunately few people with pancreatic cancer do: not just care from a celebrated specialist but the chance to have surgery at all. As few as 10 of every 100 patients have their pancreatic tumor cut out. The majority have the most aggressive form of pancreatic cancer, called adenocarcinoma, and usually it's too far gone to operate. This is one of the most formidable cancers. The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 38,000 people last year were diagnosed with it, and no more than 5 percent overall survive five years." 2018 - A story of "survival" (at what cost?): https://www.pancan.org/news/two-great-women-two-great-movies/ "As beautiful views of our nation’s capital roll across the screen, you begin to hear an array of speakers ranting words such as, “She’s a witch. Monster. Evil-doer. A zombie.” And then a soft voice speaks, “I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” The quiet voice quoting abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sarah Grimke belongs to pancreatic cancer survivor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hit documentary film about her life and career, RBG. Well-known feminist Gloria Steinem describes Ginsburg in the movie as the closest thing she knows to a superhero. And the highly acclaimed movie shows why." I've lost multiple friends to pancreatic cancer.  Just dumb luck they found the tumor at 1 cm?  Another coincidence? "Survival Rates According to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 7%. These low survival rates are attributable to the fact that fewer than 20% of patients’ tumors are confined to the pancreas at the time of diagnosis; in most cases, the malignancy has already progressed to the point where surgical removal is impossible." http://pancreatic.org/pancreatic-cancer/about-the-pancreas/prognosis/