PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Pancreatic cancer is the 10th deadliest form of cancer in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Fewer than 13% of those battling pancreatic cancer live for more than five years after their diagnosis. That’s likely because roughly 90% of diagnoses are made after the disease has already progressed to an advanced stage.

However, Judge Frank Caprio, who has been battling this “insidious disease” since 2023, said he never let those statistics bring him down.