About Pancreatic Cancer 

Pancreatic cancer is the 10th most common cancer with an average of 10,787 people diagnosed annually between 2017 and 2019.

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Pancreatic cancer is the 5th biggest cancer killer in the UK with 9,558 deaths per year between 2017 and 2019.

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It has the lowest survival of all common cancers, with five-year survival less than 7%. Five-year survival of pancreatic cancer in the UK lags behind the rest of the world, with the UK ranking 29th out of 33 countries. 

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Most people with pancreatic cancer will receive no active treatment - including surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

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7 in 10 people with pancreatic cancer do not receive any active treatment.

1 in 10 people with pancreatic cancer will receive potentially curative surgery.

2 in 10 people will receive chemotherapy.

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Primary Source: Pancreatic Cancer UK