Pancreatic Cancer Action Network PSA with Dr. Randy Pausch


Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, but receives extremely little federal funding to support research efforts. Dr. Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor who has pancreatic cancer, has joined efforts with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to urge the federal government to provide critical funding to speed the cure for this horrible disease.







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Uploaded: March 7, 2008 at 2:04 am
Author: StopPancreaticCancer

Length: 00:02:24
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MOMOF1JAKE (July 14, 2008 at 3:39 am)
As a motherless woman due to Pacreatic cancer stealing my mother at age 57, I call Randy Pausch nothing short of a HERO! His inspirational speeches do more for me than any other piece of support. Shine on Randy, Hawaii loves you!
xSObrokenINx (July 3, 2008 at 5:16 am)
Professor Pausch has been inspiring me for the past few months. My mom is a terminal cancer patient, at 50. Randy is fighting so hard for the future of cancer research. The pain and the destruction needs to end. It's the evilest among evils, and I don't know how, or why we still have not found a cure.We need to fight for the ones we love, who are too weak to fight, or no longer with us to continue the fight. Randy, you're an inspiration, a comfort when I feel alone, and helpless. Believe it.
xxxxcrazyladyxxxx (June 21, 2008 at 8:56 am)
My grandmother was diagnosed in November 2006. The doctor's gave her MAYBE a month to live. We were all so unprepared and devastated by the news. She gave us all her blessings. She passed away January 1st, 2007. Her death makes me all too aware that our time can come at any moment without any notice. I'm sad at her loss. Thank you for educating us all about Pancreatic Cancer.
6miranda0 (May 22, 2008 at 10:51 am)
The fact that we understand why "they" do not look into natural possibilities closely enough does not make it right. It is not even close to OK. It is an insult. So, money to research labs for them to look into paliative treatements IS NOT OK. AND BY THE WAY: THERE IS CURE FOR CANCER. LET'S GIVE MONEY TO INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. THEY DO LOOK FOR A CURE AND THEY CURE PEOPLE EVERYDAY.
6miranda0 (May 21, 2008 at 4:39 pm)
the pharmaceutical industry's research is based in achieving treatement for symptoms, which obviously ends up in not curing anyone but treating everyone with symptoms. Shame on them! That the best research has to be done in chronically or terminally ill people is indeed another subject.
msymsed (May 21, 2008 at 2:54 pm)
I don't always agree with the current state of research but in all honesty, the best patient to research is going to BE the chronically or terminally ill one. There is no way around that. It isn't a question of prejudice...although I think the current type research doesn't look at natural possibilities closely enough because they can't make money on that.
eCHotShotRico (May 20, 2008 at 8:25 pm)
from what i know he is still alive. i havent heard anything yet... if he did i would hve seen something so no i guess not.
nslack1 (May 20, 2008 at 6:32 am)
do you know if he is still alive
eCHotShotRico (May 19, 2008 at 7:38 pm)
sorry to hear that man... he is an inspiration i see what u mean
nslack1 (May 19, 2008 at 10:15 am)
i and 38 yrs old and have pancreatic cancer and i will be one of the 25% that make it past 1 year. pancan is amazing. you are an inspiration

 

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