DENVER — November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month . With no standard screening and symptoms that tend to appear late, pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

For 67-year-old Bob Emmerling, endurance has always been part of his life — raising grandchildren, exercising and cycling.

“Most of my hobbies are kind of right here,” he said, standing beside one of his three bicycles. “I have this gravel bike here that I can take anywhere.”

Earlier this year, unusual back and abdominal pain began a new challenge.

“March the third, this journey started,” Emmerling said. “It was more of an advanced stage, that whatever treatment needed to happen needed to happen as quick as possible.”

Doctors diagnosed him with stage-three pancreatic cancer. While scans showed it ha

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