Coach Rose diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer

[Borg]

Very sad day for Cougar fans and family members of Coach Rose.
Thoughts and prayers to him and his family.

Sad sad day.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6853607

[Color Me Badd Fan]

That's very close to having a terminal prognosis. Only 5% recover from Pancreatic cancer.

[pellegrino]

that sucks, it really really sucks.

[ERCougar]

That's very close to having a terminal prognosis. Only 5% recover from Pancreatic cancer.

This isn't the typical pancreatic cancer that you hear about. The article says it's a neuroendocrine tumor, where the typical pancreatic cancer is an adenocarcinoma.

Still very rough, I'm sure, but I don't think it's as serious as pancreatic cancer.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Horrible news for Rose and his family. Best wishes to them.

I assume he will no longer be the BYU coach?

[smokymountainrain]

This isn't the typical pancreatic cancer that you hear about. The article says it's a neuroendocrine tumor, where the typical pancreatic cancer is an adenocarcinoma.

Still very rough, I'm sure, but I don't think it's as serious as pancreatic cancer.

doctorcoug, is this correct?

[Color Me Badd Fan]

This isn't the typical pancreatic cancer that you hear about. The article says it's a neuroendocrine tumor, where the typical pancreatic cancer is an adenocarcinoma.

Still very rough, I'm sure, but I don't think it's as serious as pancreatic cancer.

How rough is it? He had internal bleeding so you'd have to think that it was pretty advanced.

[ERCougar]

This isn't the typical pancreatic cancer that you hear about. The article says it's a neuroendocrine tumor, where the typical pancreatic cancer is an adenocarcinoma.

Still very rough, I'm sure, but I don't think it's as serious as pancreatic cancer.

I can't seem to find any specific prognosis numbers, likely because there are a whole lot of different types of neuroendocrine tumors. In general, it looks as if prognosis is better, but very dependent on staging and grading.

[smokymountainrain]

In general, it looks as if prognosis is better,

Thanks for shining some postive light on this, ER. Let's hope this is the case.

[SeattleUte]

Terrible news. Very sad. This really puts spectator sports in perspective.

[ERCougar]

How rough is it? He had internal bleeding so you'd have to think that it was pretty advanced.

Well, it really depends on what the bleeding was from. He could have had a bleeding ulcer (not all that rare in even healthy people) and they noticed something on the scope. Jarid? They may have picked up something on his blood chemistries incidentally. Or he could be in liver failure from the cancer. We just need more info.

In the end, cancer sucks no matter what. Very sad day.

[BigPiney]

Horrible for him and his family. God bless him.

[I.J. Reilly]

Sad day for he and those close to him. Wish him well.

[Surfah]

Man that sucks.

[RockyBalboa]

I assume he will no longer be the BYU coach?

Dave Rice will be interim Head Coach and is already acting in that capacity in spite of it not being made public yet.