dr. maitra says a test of this kind that could detect pancreatic cancer in its earliest stage could save housands of lives. >> maitra: he did hone into the most important missing aspect in terms of pancreatic cancer, which is we don't really have good early detection. there is nothing like a psa test or a colonoscopy or a mammogram that you can get for the pancreas at this point in time. so by the time the majority of patients present, they already have tumor that has spread outside the pancreas, and those patients typically don't do very well. >> safer: he says the test, which costs jack three cents a strip to make, is remarkably elegant in its simplicity. it's remarkable what you've achieved and what you've come up with. it's no question. have the brain men come to talk to you and want to figure you out? >> jack andraka: no, actually, no one has approached me to do, like, an autopsy of my brain yet, but... >> safer: a scan, shall we say. >> jack andraka: a scan. but, like, maybe later on, an autopsy. but, really, i don't think it's that i'm really smart. i... i mean, i know people that