Unmasking the ‘Silent Killer’: Doctors urge awareness after Grammy-winning singer D’Angelo’s death

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The sudden death of Grammy Award–winning singer D’Angelo has reignited national conversations about pancreatic cancer — a disease doctors often refer to as the “silent killer.”

It’s a name earned not because it’s rare, but because it’s stealthy. The symptoms are subtle, easy to mistake for something else, and by the time many people realize something’s wrong – it’s too late.

Dr. Bart Rose, a pancreatic cancer surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said that’s exactly what makes this form of cancer so dangerous…

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