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Here you can find news items and blogs by Pancreatic Cancer UK staff and guest writers
Spearheading the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce
Pancreatic Cancer survival rates have not changed in 50 years. We knew that if we were to make the decision makers listen, we would have to make our voices louder.
Our Support Line turns 10
Here we interview Jeni, our longest standing member of the Specialist Nurse Team at Pancreatic Cancer UK. She’s witnessed radical changes in the running of the service over the last 10 years.
No mountain high enough for our Development Fund Board
In September, two members of our Development Fund Board and a team of seven friends and colleagues came together to take on the ultimate challenge in support of Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Taking on a cycling challenge was a fitting tribute to our dad
Amy blogs about cycling in memory of her dad, Graham, who sadly passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2019.
Pancreatic Cancer and Parliament
Emily from our Policy and Campaigns team blogs about the inaugural meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer.
Exciting research hope – our Grand Challenge
Our Head of Research, Chris Macdonald caught up with Professor John Marshall, Barts Cancer Institute, to get an update on the Pancreatic Cancer UK Grand Challenge award
How our new services took on pancreatic cancer in the pandemic
Being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can be an isolating experience, just made even worse by the pandemic. That’s why we developed two new critical services.
It gave me immense pleasure to see so many people taking part to raise funds
Rakesh was one of 600 amazing supporters who walked, physically apart but virtually together, in our first ever Big Step Forward event.
Bringing the Experts Together in a Crisis
How Pancreatic Cancer UK helped to galvanize the clinical community, to ensure they were learning from each other as the coronavirus spread.
Information about the supply of Creon, Nutrizym and Pancrex
Specialist nurses Emma and Lynne, provide information following an update in May 2020 about the supply of Creon 25,000
Working in partnership with people affected by pancreatic cancer: A researcher’s perspective
Dr Dominic O’Connor tells us about his research in pancreatic cancer and how the project has benefitted from working in partnership with people with a lived experience of the disease through our Research Involvement Network (RIN).
Using my painful experience to change the future for others
After Claire's husband died of pancreatic cancer in 2018, she decided to use her painful but valuable experience to become a member of our Research Involvement Network.