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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

This disease is underfunded, understudied, and overlooked.

This November, let's change it.
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Why Do We Recognize Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month?

Pancreatic cancer is one of the world’s toughest cancers to diagnose and treat. Most people are diagnosed at Stage 4, when the disease has already spread and treatment options are limited.

67,440

The approximate number of people in the United States diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2025, with an 87% mortality rate.

13%

Despite decades of effort, the five-year survival rate has improved only modestly —rising from about 1% in 1975 to 13% today.

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This disease now the third leading cause of cancer death and is projected to become the second-deadliest by 2030.
To fundamentally change outcomes for this disease, more must be done.

A significant shift in thinking and investment needs to happen now. Pancreatic Cancer North America is dedicated to funding innovative research, raising awareness about the disease and improving quality of life for patients and their families across North America.

PCNA Story

Surviving is the Start

Sandra Mahne had lost both her grandmother and a cousin to pancreatic cancer, so she knew immediately that this diagnosis was likely a death sentence. Sitting alone in the hospital the night she was diagnosed, she thought of her family, including her three children, and worried that she didn’t have much time left.

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Get Involved

You play a critical role in ensuring this disease gets the attention, funding and research it deserves. Join our mission by:
Making a donation

Your gift can help us to shift the narrative around pancreatic cancer from the well-held notion that it is a death sentence, to it being a treatable and survivable cancer.  Give today.

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Following Us

Follow Pancreatic Cancer North America on social media and post your photos using the hashtags #PancreaticCancerAwarenessMonth and #SurvivalNotSympathy. We want to see what this day means to you

Starting a Conversation

Share your story on social media and get your network talking about pancreatic cancer. You can share your own story related to pancreatic cancer, or posts from our social media pages.

Give survival, not sympathy.

This disease is fast, silent, and often overlooked. Your generosity changes that. Every donation helps redefine what is possible in pancreatic cancer care.

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