SO BY THIS POINT WE KNOW MY DAD’S PANCREATIC CANCER HAS METASTASIZED TO HIS LIVER, BUT I WAS UNAWARE UNTIL I WAS INFORMED BY MY MOM ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO THAT MY DAD NOW HAS STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER.

STAGE 4 IS WHEN THE CANCER IS NO LONGER CONTAINED, METASTASIZES TO OTHER ORGANS IN THE BODY, AND IS THE MOST DANGEROUS STAGE TO THE EXTENT OF BEING FATAL.

PANCREATIC CANCER IS THE 4TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH BY CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES AND AFFECTS ROUGHLY 42,000 PEOPLE IN THE STATES PER YEAR.

IN THE LAST STAGE OF PANCREATIC CANCER, THE CANCER SPREADS TO VARIOUS ORGANS IN THE BODY, INCLUDING THE LIVER.

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