‘The odds were against me’: How an experimental pancreatic cancer vaccine changed a woman’s life

‘The odds were against me’: How an experimental pancreatic cancer vaccine changed a woman’s life

Donna Gustafson was 72 years old and facing one of the most feared diagnoses in medicine. Pancreatic cancer kills roughly 87% of patients within five years. But today, the New Jersey grandmother is cancer-free, and researchers say she may hold a key to changing those devastating odds.