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Another person to pancreatic cancer.

It has been 11 years since the Randy Pausch‘s Last Lecture. Probably an entirely new generation that have not seen it.

https://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/story/index.html

I’m sure we’re almost ready to get started to attack this disease in a big way. (Yes, it’s hard)

I hope this doesn't sound callous, but is there anything (beyond pancreatic cancer's aggressive mortality rate) to suggest that the disease is somehow "ripe" for increased research funding?

"How much money should we spend on cancer research?" has been in the HN aether lately, so I'm curious.

No one said the time is ripe or that it would be easy. It’s simply a deadly disease that really doesn’t get much attention:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pancreatic-cancer-research-fund...

The US economy is $15 trillion. Beyond federal tax dollars there are likely other ways to incentivize research.

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