man, what an article. my father's a surgeon, and my aunt was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer recently. he told me he checked the literature to see that there's a very high mortality rate, and seems to have accepted whats to come. but my aunt and her family is doing the "everything" part. I have a feeling that they're resenting my father for not involving as much as they think he should, and I can see from both angles. I have a feeling that my father would also choose the same path of just retiring and patiently waiting to die in a similar circumstance. I wish both him and people who read this comment a dignified and easy end.