Retired professor survives 14 years with rare pancreatic cancer after surgery and targeted treatment
Federico Kalinec, a retired UCLA professor, has survived for 14 years after being diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Surgery initially contained the disease, and a targeted treatment later helped after it returned, offering a case of longer survival for a cancer that can be difficult to treat.
Kalinec was diagnosed with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour in 2012 and was told he might have only two or three months to live. Surgeons removed his pancreas and part of his stomach; the cancer returned in 2020. He then received peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2018, which uses a radioactive drug to target tumour cells. The same cancer type killed Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011.
- Federico Kalinec has lived 14 years with a rare pancreatic cancer.
- Surgery initially controlled the disease after his 2012 diagnosis.
- Targeted radioactive treatment helped after the cancer returned.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Retired doctor who was diagnosed with same form of terminal pancreatic cancer as Steve Jobs says surgery and well-timed treatment has helped him survive for 14 years”.