Treatment for pancreatic cancer resources for health professionals - Pancreatic Cancer UK

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Sign up to part two of our free CPD certified Introduction to pancreatic cancer online course. Updated in July 2025, in this course we discuss the surgical and non-surgical treatment options for pancreatic cancer based on current research and clinical practice. This is part two of our three-part online course.

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Resources for you and your patients on different treatments

Presentations for you

Surgical treatment options – Lisa Woodrow, PCUK Specialist Nurse (presented at Supporting your patients from diagnosis to treatment, 16th May 2023)
Surgery for pancreatic cancer – Phil Whelan, Macmillan Pancreatic Cancer CNS, Royal Liverpool University Hospital (presented at Supporting patients with pancreatic cancer, 10th March 2022)

Information for your patients

Booklet: Pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery. A guide if you have just been diagnosed
Fact sheet: Surgery to remove pancreatic cancer
Fact sheet: Bypass surgery if you have pancreatic cancer
Webpage: Surgery for pancreatic cancer

Presentations for you

Side effects of chemotherapy webinar, 24th October 2024
Non-surgical treatment options – Lynne McCallum, Specialist Pancreatic Cancer Nurse, Pancreatic Cancer UK (presented at Supporting your patients from diagnosis to treatment, 16th May 2023)
Non-surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer – Dawn Elliott, Lead UGI/CUP Clinical Nurse Specialist/Lead for UGI Cancer, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (presented at Supporting patients with pancreatic cancer, 10th March 2022)

Information for your patients

Webpage: Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer
Fact sheet: Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer
Information sheets:

Radiotherapy

Presentation for you

Developments in pancreatic cancer – Non-surgical treatment, 5th March 2024 (this includes a session on SABR)

Information for your patients

Fact sheet: Radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer
Webpage: Radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer

Irreversible electroporation (NanoKnife®)

Presentation for you

Non-surgical treatment options: Ablative therapies, 26th October 2022, IRE – Nicola de Liguori-Carino, Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Information for your patients

Fact sheet: Irreversible electroporation (Nanoknife®)
Webpage: Irreversible electroporation (NanoKnife®) for pancreatic cancer

Focus Ultrasound

Presentation for you

Developments in pancreatic cancer – Non-surgical treatment, 5th March 2024 (this includes a session on Focus Ultrasound)

Information for your patients

Webpage: Stent for a blocked bile duct
Fact sheet: Stents to treat jaundice caused by a blocked bile duct
Webpage: Stents for a blocked duodenum
Fact sheet: Stents for a blocked duodenum