Pancreatic Cancer UK has received accreditation from the Information Standard for the fourth year in a row for its range of publications about pancreatic cancer. The resources aim to assist healthcare professionals in giving advice on the disease, and help them provide the best support to patients and their carers. The charity began publishing information […]
Pancreatic cancer is a truly tough challenge for researchers but a ‘back to basics’ approach to pancreatic cancer research can save more lives . The disease has the lowest survival rate of the 20 most common cancers, and less than seven per cent of patients in the UK will live beyond five years. Survival rates […]
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The third Thursday of November is World Pancreatic Cancer Day – so in 2020 that’s 19th November. On this day people across the globe come together to raise awareness about the symptoms and risks of the disease, and the urgent need for earlier detection. […]
Over a third of adults in the UK would not be worried if they had a few of the potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to survey results released by Pancreatic Cancer UK today, the first day of its Purple Alert campaign to mark pancreatic cancer awareness month. The charity is concerned this could mean that […]
When it comes to treating pancreatic cancer, speed is of the essence. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of the disease and less that seven per cent of patients will survive longer than five years past their diagnosis. The reason for this is that diagnosis is often made when the disease is advanced […]
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