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The Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
This society has various functions related to pancreatic cancer. It holds an annual meeting for two days in November for clinicians and scientists with an interest in the pancreas. They provide educational sessions, present research papers from within the UK and also invite speakers from around the world to give keynote lectures and updates. Their website details other facilities provided by the Pancreatic Society. This includes a list of UK specialists who are members of the Pancreatic Society. The society funds several bursaries for young researchers to attend international meetings and also provides a fellowship once a year for a pancreatic trainee specialist to visit a centre abroad.
There is a specialist nurse representative, Elspeth Cowan, within the society. An increasing number of pancreatic and Upper GI specialist nurses attend the annual meeting each year and they are starting to organise their own meetings. Specialist nurses are encouraged to contact Elspeth Cowan for further information about the specialist nurse group. It aims to share information among nurses throughout the UK and to feed back progress and concerns to the committee members. Contact: Ms Elspeth Cowan, Specialist Nurse, Department of Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
The Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
National Cancer Research Network - Clinical Studies Group - Upper GI Cancer Group
British Society of Gastroenterology
Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology
American Pancreatic Association
The Pancreas Club
We get many enquiries about specialist centres and availability of trials and treatment in continental Europe, especially as so many people have moved to France and Spain for instance on retirement. The professional organizations may be able to provide some information.
Europe - The European Pancreatic Club aims to promote communication between clinicians and basic scientists in Europe interested in the pancreas and its disorders. It may also be able to provide information on centres and specialists throughout Europe. It provides a list of the Clubs (ie professional scientific societies) in many European countries
European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
France - The Club Francais du Pancreas or the Société Nationale Française de Gastroentérologiemay be able to provide some information on centres in France.
Spain - Similarly Club Espanol de Enfermedades Biliopancreaticas may be able to provide information in Spain
Italy - Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Pancreas
Germany - Deutscher Pankreasclub e.V. may be able to provide some information and www.pancreas.dehas some German patient information
Switzerland - Swiss self-help group for pancreatic disease
You can search on ClinicalTrials.gov for pancreatic cancer trials being run in in different countries.