Pancreatic cancer is a terrible way to go. From diagnosis to death is typically about 6 months and really quite unpleasant.
I had a friend who died from pancreatic cancer. Upon diagnosis, he applied for several credit cards and of course ticked the box for the insurance that would pay the balance in the event of death. Then leased a nice car and drove across the country to say goodbye to all his friends. At the end of the trip, he was too sick to make the drive back, so he parked the car at the airport, flew home, turned the keys over to the dealer and told them where their car was. When told that he couldn't do that, he told them to sue him. He died about 2 weeks later.