My thoughts and prayers for your sister.
Pancreatic cancer is a particularly bad one. A lot of that is because it's usually caught at a later stage than a lot of others. There's no screening test for it and it tends to become symptomatic late in the course.
Her prognosis will depend on what stage she's at. Here's a good link that discusses staging and prognosis: http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/Pancrea...cancer-staging
The web site also talks about treatments available.
That site may be hard for you to go through. Take it slow. I know this because my aunt, who has basically been my mother for the last 30 years, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this past December. Even though I'm a doctor, it was very hard for me to read the numbers. Luckily my aunt was a stage II, so she has a chance. We're hoping...
My heart goes out to you, and so do my hopes.
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