Cancer advocates, researchers, clinicians and patients are speaking out in a new STAT News article published this week about ...

PanCAN Chief Scientific & Medical Officer Dr. Anna Berkenblit writes about the critical federal funding at risk and what this ...

Joan Vassos, “Star Trek” Team, Days of our Lives’ Martha Madison & Eric Martsolf, Eric Idle, Lisa Swayze, and Judge [...] ...

PanCAN offers tips and resources for patients and caregivers to maintain good nutrition through small and frequent meals.

It’s not the news we wanted, but it’s news that will make our community fight harder than ever before. As it stands now, the impact of recent cuts to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research ...

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

Food brings joy and comfort. Home, family and a sense of history are often woven into the preparation of favorite meals. Although a pancreatic cancer diagnosis can create challenges in a patient’s ...

Thank you for your interest in the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s research grants. We are now accepting applications for the 2025 PanCAN Fellowship, funded by the Francois Wallace Monahan Fund.

All cancers are genetic. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is in every cell in our bodies. Each DNA strand contains many genes. All cancers begin when DNA mutations, or changes, cause cells to divide and ...

Targeted therapy is cancer treatment that uses drugs to attack unique aspects of cancer cells with little harm to healthy cells. Targeted therapies often work by binding to a particular molecule in ...

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 ...

Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps your immune system attack cancer cells. You get it through an injection, IV or pill that is swallowed. How Does Immuntotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Work? Your ...