Funding for Pancreatic cancer research

It’s great to see the “no makeup selfie campaign” raising awareness and donations for cancer research, a great cause so well done everyone.

If you are considering donating to cancer research I would ask that you consider donating directly to support Pancreatic Cancer research.

Funding for pancreatic cancer research has increased marginally over the past 10 years, yet it still accounts for only one per cent of overall research funding - this is despite it being the fifth largest cause of cancer death in the UK.

In 2011, £5 million was spent on pancreatic cancer. In contrast, Breast cancer received £42 million.

Five year survival rate for Breast cancer has increased from 55% in 1971-1975 to 84% currently – this is fantastic. In contrast, five year survival rate for Pancreatic cancer in 1971-1975 was 3% and currently it is still 3%.

It is clear to see a correlation between investment in research funding and improvement in survival rates. Lack of investment in pancreatic cancer research is illustrated by the fact that survival rates for the disease have not changed over this period.

If you are interested, you can read more here:

http://pancreaticcanceraction.org/pancreatic-cancer/about/research-funding/