Neuroendocrine Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

"There was a pain in his back that just kind of went undiagnosed and then eventually you get to this point where you have this news," she says. "We were pretty relieved when we heard the neuroendocrine diagnosis. Most of the people that you come down with it are in their 50s and 60s and usually women, not a 28 year old athlete." The doctors didn't give him sort of a time frame, or did they use the word terminal at this point? They did not. He began his treatment right away.