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• Actor Patrick Swayze has cancer of the pancreas

  Published: March 7, 2008, 12:28 pm

  Tags: Brca2 Gene Mutation, Cancer News, Patrick Swayze, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Glucagon, Pancreas, Pancreatic Cancer

  and another hormone called glucagon. The biggest risk factor for pancreatic cancer is age, with the average age at diagnosis being 72 and with 90 percent of cases occurring after age 55, which is Mr. Swayze's current age. It is slightly more common in African Americans for unknown reasons. The other known risk factors include smoking, obesity

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