A family member is about to start chemotherapy, and you have heard the stories. The unpredictable, crushing side effects.

The imaging report is back, and the words you dreaded are there: recurrence. Pancreatic cancer is notoriously relentless.

Your chemotherapy stopped working. The scans show new growth, and your oncologist is recalibrating the plan.

The scan report is open on the desk. You already know what it says before your oncologist speaks. The pancreatic cancer is back.