Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging cancers to prevent, diagnose or treat. Its risk factors and symptoms are unfamiliar to most. And with no standard test to find pancreatic cancer ...

For decades, one of the biggest challenges facing the cancer research community has been finding a way to therapeutically target RAS, the most common oncogene in human cancer. An oncogene is a gene ...

More than 66,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Learn more about the disease and how PanCAN can help.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (November 1, 2024) – The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) is highlighting the importance of early detection of pancreatic cancer and knowing the risks and symptoms as part ...

It is a wonderful gift to be able to DREAM BIG. But dreaming is not enough. If you don't also BELIEVE BIG and know that your dreams are possible, they aren't. Dream big. Believe big. DO BIG!

With November comes World Pancreatic Cancer Day. But did you know that wasn’t always the case? In fact, this year we’re celebrating the 10 th anniversary of World Pancreatic Cancer Day (WPCD) and the ...

People of Ashkenazi Jewish descent are at higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer because they are more likely than other groups to have a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. These mutations increases a ...

As a surgeon and director of the Elkins Pancreas Center at Baylor College of Medicine, William Fisher, MD, knows how important it is to diagnose pancreatic cancer as early as possible – to give ...

Together, we can improve pancreatic cancer outcomes. PanCAN supports our patient, caregiver and healthcare professional communities by providing free information and resources. Our services are backed ...

In January 2024, Madison Marsh became Miss America. Every time she puts on that storied crown, she carries the spirit [...] ...