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September 26, 2025 • 1 Min
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Don’t Let This Happen to You

Andy Lyons’ family tree is riddled with people lost to pancreatic cancer.

When his beloved brother was diagnosed he told Andy “Don’t let this happen to you.” So Andy joined a study to monitor his pancreas, and after more than 20 years of checking, his doctor saw something on the scan. Andy had pancreatic cancer, but it was caught very early.

Read Andy’s story in “A Cancer-Free Life 25 Years in the Making.”

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