PANCREATIC CANCER
INFORMATION ON PANCREATIC CANCER
PANCREATIC CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS
PANCREATIC CANCER LIFE STORIES
Information on Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer Charities
Guts UK
Guts UK – the charity for the digestive system. We all have guts – 25 ft of them in fact. Yet our guts have been underfunded, undervalued and understaffed for decades. Guts UK exists to change that. Telephone: 020 7486 0341 Website: https://gutscharity.org.uk/...
Panpals
We are a voluntary support group. We consist of patients who have pancreatic cancer and their families and carers, and have help from Clinical Nurse Specialists and a Support Worker who are based at St. James’s Hospital in Leeds. We are based in and around Leeds, but...
Pancreatic Cancer UK
Pancreatic Cancer UK is fighting to make a difference. We’re taking on pancreatic cancer together: by supporting those affected by the disease, investing in research, lobbying for greater recognition of pancreatic cancer, and being there for everyone involved in the...
Pancreatic Cancer Action UK
We are a small charity with a huge voice shouting about much needed change for pancreatic cancer, and are passionately committed to affecting real change. Telephone: 0303 0401770 Website: https://pancreaticcanceraction.org/about/contact/ Address: Pancreatic Cancer...
Other Useful Resources for Pancreatic Cancer
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Find a support group for Pancreatic Cancer
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Panpals Yorks – Pancreatic Cancer Group
Costa Coffee, in Next, The Springs Leeds, West Yorkshire LS15 8GG
Email: panpalsyorks@yahoo.co.uk
A voluntary support group for patients and families in Yorkshire affected by pancreatic cancer. The group are supported by clinical nurses specialists.
The group have moved to Costa inside Next, at The Springs shopping centre, Thorpe Park Approach, Leeds LS15 8GG. Ample parking outside.
Contact Karen on the email/text above for details of meetings.
Pancreatic Cancer Life Stories
Andrew’s story – Pancreatic cancer
A lifelong Grimsby Town fan is used to attracting stares thanks to the "daft" pink inflatable he always carries with him before games. Andrew Markham, 64, from Brigg, North Lincolnshire, greets fans heading to Blundell Park with the strange object. It is something he...
Janet’s story – Pancreatic cancer
New adventures were beckoning for Janet Pawelec, who was looking forward to retiring from her stressful and demanding job managing an Ambulance Control Room in York to spend more quality time with her husband, a former paramedic. But before she had the chance to put...
Karen’s story – Pancreatic cancer
Know your body and be aware of any changes that are unusual for you – that’s the message from Karen Stead as she recalls being diagnosed for pancreatic many years ago. Back in 2010, she had been feeling ‘pretty rubbish’ and feeling sickly, severe abdominal...
Jacqui talks to Andrew Markham about his journey with Prostate Cancer & after sadly losing two friends to Pancreatic Cancer and how he now raises both funds & awareness.
Check out this short podcast with Andrew Markham