[ecohen16]

When Kevin first found out he had Cancer, the doctors gave him "weeks". But you know Kevin -- he refused to accept his fate and found the top doctors in the world, tried experimental procedures and was able to get himself all the way into remission just 11 months later. It was incredibly inspiring, we all thought he had yet again beaten the system. It's tragic how the last 10 weeks played out, he fought all the way until the end. He's was a legend who paved the way for millions in the cybersecurity space. We will miss him.

[melling]

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.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24972377

[jseliger]

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.

[xupybd]

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

[Grazester]

I remember that lecture very well and thought about it a few days ago.

[e40]

Seriously, fuck pancreatic cancer. My best friend died of it in Oct 2020. I've had 10+ people I know (or someone that I know know) die of it. It's my worst fear, cancer-wise.