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Pancreas cancer

July 2024

  • A doctor holds the hand of an elderly woman.

    Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure

    Hope for new treatments after researchers find spread of disease is aided by shutting down of molecules in key genes

February 2024

  • A colonoscope, used for bowel cancer screening, in the endoscopy room at Charing Cross hospital in Hammersmith, London.

    ‘Gamechanging’ cancer screening offered to people with Lynch syndrome in England

    NHS bowel screening programme will offer specialist assessment every two years to people with condition

January 2024

  • Scientist looking at a slide under microscope

    UK has some of worst cancer survival rates in developed world, report says

    Rates for lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers worse than in most comparable nations

April 2021

  • Henry Marsh

    Top UK brain surgeon calls for urgent inquiry into assisted dying

    Henry Marsh reveals he has advanced prostate cancer and says law ‘insists I must suffer’

July 2018

  • Cannabis plants.

    Substance in cannabis 'could boost pancreatic cancer treatments'

    Scientists say cannabidiol could extend patients’ lives by a matter of years

June 2018

  • Cancer drug left on shelf<br>Embargoed to 0001 Monday September 29 File photo dated 15/06/06 of a consultant analyzing a mammogram as NHS health officials have been slammed for leaving a cheap breast cancer drug “on the shelf” after experts estimated that 4,000 cases could be prevented every year if women were offered a wider range of preventative medication. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday September 29, 2014. See PA story HEALTH Breast. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

    NHS cancer patients 'failing to be correctly monitored'

    Concerns expressed that opportunities to save lives may be missed

May 2018

  • ‘It’s lonely when you’re surrounded by people who party the whole time.’

    Binge-drink Britain: how one weekend bender can ruin your life

    Just one big night out drinking can lead to pancreatitis – a painful and potentially fatal illness. Young people describe how their lives changed dramatically overnight

February 2018

  • Pancreatic cancer cells

    Only a third of pancreatic cancer patients receive treatment

    Charity calls for ‘step change’ in approach, urging consistency of care and earlier diagnosis

February 2017

  • Childhood obesity<br>Embargoed to 0001 Tuesday October 11 Picture posed by model File photo dated 03/03/14 of an 11 year old girl using a set of weighing scales as more than 1.6 million children who started secondary school in the past decade were overweight or obese, new calculations show. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday October 11, 2016. Between 2006/07 and 2014/15, there were 1,654,894 children in England who started Year 7 with an unhealthy weight, according to Cancer Research UK. See PA story HEALTH Obesity. Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

    Increased risk of 11 types of cancer linked to being overweight, researchers warn

    Study shows strong evidence of a link between excess body fat and cancers of the colon, breast, pancreas and ovary among others

January 2017

  • Microscopic view of pancreatic cancer cells

    Trial finds combination of pancreatic cancer drugs extends survival

    Campaigners hail ‘monumental leap forward’ in treatment of most lethal form of cancer, which kills 8,800 Britons each year

September 2016

  • A technician in a laboratory

    What is immunotherapy?

    New immunotherapy drug IMM-101 brings fresh hope for the effective treatment of serious cancers

June 2016

  • Pancreatic cancer cells completing cell division

    Drug combination may extend pancreas cancer survival, trial finds

    Liverpool University-led study found mix of two off-patent drugs upped five-year survival rate from 16% to 29% of patients

February 2016

  • Microscopic view of pancreatic cancer cells.

    Scientists discover pancreatic cancer is four separate diseases

    Breakthrough paves the way for more accurate treatment of a cancer fewer than 20% of sufferers survive more than year after diagnosis

September 2015

  • Roche

    Cancer charities condemn NHS England for axing medicines

    Decision to stop paying for drugs for leukaemia, multiple myeloma and breast, bowel, pancreatic and cervical cancer described as ‘hammer blow’

August 2015

  • Researchers have developed a urine test for early-stage pancreatic cancer.

    Urine test for early-stage pancreatic cancer could help save hundreds of lives

    Scientists develop test for three proteins which could give early warning of disease and help doctors distinguish symptoms from chronic pancreatitis

June 2015

  • John Hurt

    John Hurt 'more than optimistic' as he reveals pancreatic cancer diagnosis

    Actor says disease is in its early stages and is undergoing treatment while continuing to focus on his work

August 2014

  • Preparing protein samples for cancer research

    Death rates for four most common cancers in Britain fell 30% in 20 years

    Cancer Research UK: improved detection and treatment raised survival rates for breast, bowel, lung and prostate cancers

June 2014

  • Closeup of hand holding two aspirin tablets

    Low-dose aspirin may halve the risk of pancreatic cancer

    Potential side-effects such as stomach bleeds may outweigh benefits for people without a family history of pancreatic cancer

February 2014

  • Kerry Harvey

    Advertising watchdog to investigate Pancreatic Cancer Action campaign

    Ads, which featured patients wishing they had a less deadly form of cancer, could be banned by ASA. By John Reynolds

January 2014

  • Pancreatic cancer cells. Despite attempts to improve the NHS record on treatment of the cancer, suff

    Pancreatic cancer patients forced to seek life-saving surgery in Germany

    Dozens of British sufferers refused operation on the NHS travel abroad for treatment
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