We’re on the BBC Radio 4 Appeal

It’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM), and we’re on the BBC Radio 4 Appeal from Sunday 15th November.

You can listen here on: 

• Sunday 15th November at 7.56am or 22.56pm 

• Thursday 19th November at 12.30pm 

Tune in to hear our ambassador, Olivia Williams, share her story and encourage people to fund vital research breakthroughs.  

Will you help with a gift today? Today your gift will be doubled, at no extra cost to you! With your support, we can uncover, outpace, and stop the deadliest cancer.

The breath test

Kind supporters have helped fund the world’s first-ever breath test to detect pancreatic cancer early. Professor George Hanna is leading the research at Imperial College London. Initial results show the test is highly accurate and it is now in a national clinical trial. This early detection test could save thousands of lives every year, and it has only been possible thanks to the generosity of people like you.  

We are at a pivotal moment in time. We must keep the momentum going. Will you fund more research breakthroughs? Don’t forget, today your donation will be doubled – at no extra cost to you! 

Daisy’s story 

My incredible dad, Geoff, died of pancreatic cancer in May 2024.

That’s why I’m determined to do everything I can to help uncover it, outpace it and stop it. I was in the middle of my GCSEs. At the time, I thought that would be the most stressful experience of my life. I was wrong.  

Dad hadn’t been himself for a while.

He had indigestion and back pain but put it down to getting older. He went to the doctor’s and two months later a visit to A&E confirmed the worst.  

We all thought we’d have precious months to make memories and show him how much we loved him. I kept thinking how pleased he’d be when he saw my GCSE results.  

But we didn’t get those precious months. He died three weeks after being diagnosed. He never saw my exam results, and he won’t be there for all the special moments in my life, or my brother’s and sister’s. I know we’re not alone in this heartbreak and my thoughts are with you if you’ve been through similar.  

It has devastated us, but raising awareness and funding research is helping to keep our dad’s memory alive.  

Will you help fund research breakthroughs like the breath test? Together, we can stop other families going through this heartbreak.