Matthew Rose lost his mother, Estelle, to pancreatic cancer in 2012. He lost his sister to ovarian cancer years before [...] ...

Editor’s note: November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to shine a light on one of the deadliest cancers. This year, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) is raising ...

Join PanCAN President and CEO Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA, on World Pancreatic Cancer Day for a conversation with an incredible group of PanCAN community members who are changing the course for pancreatic ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Allan Jay Myrow was always happy to help a neighbor, friend or even a stranger. If someone needed a ride to the supermarket, he’d happily pick them up. If family asked for a hand, he was there in a ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: PanCAN was pleased to welcome Dr. Anna Berkenblit as the organization’s first Chief Scientific and Medical Officer in April of this year. Here, Dr. Berkenblit shares her experience and ...