zlacker

Looks like he died from pancreatic cancer. This cancers always reminds me of the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. He was a CMU professor who also died from pancreatic cancer 15 years ago.

https://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/

Here’s an HN discussion from a few years ago.

>>24972377

>>mellin+(OP)
There is some hope for improved M&M in pancreatic cancer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06063-y, thanks to personalized mRNA vaccines and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors.

>>mellin+(OP)
I remember that lecture very well and thought about it a few days ago.

>>jselig+74
That's good to hear. It's one of those cancers that is normally not noticed until it's far too late.