More than 67,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Learn more about the disease and how PanCAN can help.

PanCAN Senior Director of Patient Services Fatima Zelada-Arenas talks about the process of working through grief and offers ...

See this page in English La cirugía con la técnica de Whipple, o duodenopancreatectomía, es la cirugía que se realiza [...] ...

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Executive Team is a group of dedicated professionals, some of whom have been personally touched by the disease, who bring significant experience and ...

Poor appetite is a common nutritional challenge for patients with pancreatic cancer. Sometimes surgery, prescription drugs or the cancer itself can change the way food tastes or cause the patient’s ...

No organization supports pancreatic cancer patients like we do. Through our Patient Services, we provide more resources and speak with more pancreatic cancer patients and caregivers than any other ...

Pancreatic enzymes help break down fats, proteins and carbohydrates. A normally functioning pancreas secretes about 8 cups of pancreatic juice into the duodenum, daily. This fluid contains pancreatic ...

Can Pancreatic Cancer Be Caught Early? Pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose early. There is no standard diagnostic tool or established early detection method for pancreatic cancer in the general ...

Staging is the process doctors use to describe the size of the cancer and if it has spread. Knowing the correct stage helps the doctor figure out the prognosis and best treatment plan. After a ...

PanCAN Patient Services is the place to contact when facing pancreatic cancer. Our highly trained and compassionate Case Managers provide free, personal one-to-one support and information about the ...

Every pancreatic cancer patient’s case is unique, and it’s not possible to predict each person’s outcome. However, population-wide studies are done to estimate the likelihood that a person diagnosed ...

PanCAN Patient Services is the place to contact when facing pancreatic cancer. Our highly trained and compassionate Case Managers provide free, personal one-to-one support and information about the ...