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A new sponsor for PCE!

We are very delighted to announce you that Pancreatic Cancer Europe has a new sponsor! Indeed, Mylan has joined us into our effort to raise awareness about pancreatic cancer. Three years after its… Read More »A new sponsor for PCE!

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Pancreatic cancer will this year become the third biggest cancer killer in the EU

At the occasion of the 49th meeting of the European Pancreatic Club (EPC), the founding members of Pancreatic Cancer Europe*, newly established as a non-profit association, gathered in Liverpool on 6 July. This meeting marked a new milestone in the life of Pancreatic Cancer Europe, and its continued work to improve the prioritisation of pancreaticRead More »Pancreatic cancer will this year become the third biggest cancer killer in the EU
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Two-drug combination improves survival for operable pancreatic cancer

The results of a large pan-European study by the European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer (ESPAC) involving 732 patients has shown that the combination of gemcitabine plus capecitabine adjuvant therapy (following successful resection of the tumour) significantly improved survival. Presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology1 in Chicago this week, the lead researchers fromRead More »Two-drug combination improves survival for operable pancreatic cancer
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Have we now found a way for immunotherapy to work in pancreatic cancer too?

We have seen a lot in the press recently about the advances in immunotherapy for many cancers and, in the case of melanoma, with extraordinary results. We’ve not as yet seen this happen for pancreatic cancer which, so far, has proven difficult to treat with either conventional chemotherapy and/or novel immunotherapy. Some trials of immunotherapyRead More »Have we now found a way for immunotherapy to work in pancreatic cancer too?
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Launch of the Pancreatic Cancer Overall Survival Registry EUROPE (PancreOS)

Pancreatic cancer will become the 2nd leading cause of cancer-related death by the year 2030. There are different standards, therapies and settings in the European countries. Furthermore, there is no target-oriented treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. “We treat all patients with Pancreatic cancer alike”, Professor Alfredo Carrato said, “but there are different groups andRead More »Launch of the Pancreatic Cancer Overall Survival Registry EUROPE (PancreOS)
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World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2015

On the occasion of the 2nd World Pancreatic Cancer Day, the European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Pancreatic Cancer held its third face-to-face meeting in the European Parliament, in Brussels, on November 10th.