Politico August 2, 2024
DIAGNOSIS
The funeral of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) in Houston on Thursday underscored again the grim toll of pancreatic cancer.
Jackson Lee, 74, who previously had breast cancer, disclosed in June that she’d been diagnosed with the disease, making her one of about 66,440 to get it this year and one of 51,750 to die from it, according to National Cancer Institute estimates.
“It is not easy to lose a member of one’s family who holds such an extraordinary place,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in a eulogy. “She truly was a force of nature.”
By the numbers: Pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., with a five-year survival rate hovering around 13 percent,...
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