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This Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, PanCAN is inviting you to shine a light on pancreatic cancer. Let’s uplift survivors and those living with the disease, honor the lives we’ve lost and help everyone recognize the risks and symptoms. Together, we can spread awareness about the disease, celebrate progress and inspire hope.
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We offer free one-to-one support as well as tools and resources to navigate everything from diagnosis and treatment to nutrition and supportive care.
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Shine a Light on Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Understand Your Risk, Recognize the Symptoms
RISKS
Certain risk factors for pancreatic cancer may increase the likelihood of getting pancreatic cancer, like family history, race or ethnicity, smoking, diabetes, obesity, age and others. Visiting regularly with a primary care provider is an important part of prevention. They can help you maintain wellness and understand personal risk, based on family history, pre-existing conditions and more.
Read more about pancreatic cancer risk factors.
SYMPTOMS
Pancreatic cancer may cause only vague symptoms that could be confused with many other abdominal or gastrointestinal issues. It’s important to listen to your body and talk to your doctor about pancreatic cancer if you experience any of the following warning signs.
Three ways you can shine a light on
pancreatic cancer risks and symptoms this month:
Talk to your doctor about pancreatic cancer. Download our conversation guide and share it with others.
Take our 10-question quiz to learn more about pancreatic cancer risk factors and what may increase your risk.
Join us on World Pancreatic Cancer Day, Nov. 20, 2025, for our webinar, “Research Roundtable: Advancements in Earlier Detection of Pancreatic Cancer.”
RSVP FOR THE WEBINARHave questions about risks and symptoms?
Contact PanCAN Patient Services to help you understand more about risks and symptoms for pancreatic cancer.
Shine a Light for the Ones You Love
Share Stories, Connect with Others
For me, it’s all about community. Every year, there are people who come to PurpleStride for the first time, whether they’re facing a new diagnosis or honoring someone they’ve lost. We bond quickly through our shared experiences, and this allows us to provide strength and support to each other.
Alexandra Bogdan
PanCAN PurpleStride Chair, San Francisco Affiliate
(Pictured with Lori B’s Squad at PurpleStride 2024. The team strides in honor of Alexandra’s mom.)
Three ways you can shine a light on
the ones you love this month:
Create a Tribute Page for your loved one. It’s a meaningful way for friends and family to honor, remember and celebrate the life of a loved one while raising funds for pancreatic cancer research and patient programs.
CREATE A TRIBUTE PAGE
Your stories of hope, resilience and love remind us that we are all connected. Join the conversation on social media using #PanCANawareness and tag @PanCAN.
Support PanCAN Patient Services. The team provides free one-to-one support to everyone affected by pancreatic cancer. Make a gift to light the way for patients and families.
Shine a Light in Your Community
Raise Awareness, Inspire Action
When we look beyond the percentages, we find hope and hard work and meaning. There is life-changing, history-making, progress.
And for those who’ve lost someone they love, there is community, comfort and support.
This is the story that we tell – as one.
PanCAN President and CEO Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA
Three ways you can shine a light in
your community this month:
Raise awareness of pancreatic cancer risks and symptoms in your community. Download our toolkit to get started.
Become an advocate for pancreatic cancer research. When we come together as one voice in support of increased federal funding for pancreatic cancer research, Congress listens.
BECOME AN ADVOCATE
Join us at PanCAN PurpleStride 2026, the ultimate walk to end pancreatic cancer, on Sat., April 25! Register today for our biggest community event of the year.
REGISTER FOR PURPLESTRIDEResearch Roundtable: Advancements in Earlier Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
This World Pancreatic Cancer Day, November 20, join PanCAN for a free virtual event with a panel of leaders and top scientists for a discussion about the latest advancements in testing and technology for the earlier detection of pancreatic cancer.
Shine a Light. Fuel Hope.
Make a gift today. You’ll fund leading-edge research and make sure every person faced with a pancreatic cancer diagnosis has somewhere to turn.
Make a Gift
Thank you to our Leading National Partner
Thank you to our National Partner
