Pancreatic cancer: hope on the horizon

Pancreatic cancer is the 10th most common cancer in the UK, with an estimated 9000 people developing pancreatic cancer each year ( Cancer Research UK, 2016 ). Yet, unlike some other cancers, the survival rate for those developing pancreatic cancer has not improved over the past 40 years. One of the problems is that when symptoms develop and a diagnosis is made, the cancer is too advanced for treatment to be effective. However, pancreatic cancer...