Dr. Wayne Tuckson speaks with Dr. Michael Egger, M.D., program leader at Cancer Control and Care with the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville, about pancreatic cancer and how difficulties in early detection and intervention have contributed to making it one of the deadliest forms of cancer today.

The episode Kentucky Health: Pancreatic Cancer: Uncommon but Deadly airs Sunday, Jan. 31, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET and Monday, Feb. 1, at 2/1 pm on KET2. 

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

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