Pancreatic Cancer Action

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Pancreatic Cancer Action is a not-for-profit organisation based in the UK whose mission is to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer.

Founded by Ali Stunt, who is herself a rare survivor of the disease, Pancreatic Cancer Action is dedicated to saving lives. The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only around 5% - this figure has not improved in over 40 years.

Pancreatic cancer is the fifth-commonest cause of cancer death in the UK yet receives only 1% of research funding. Only 10% of patients with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer are able to have potentially curative surgery.

Mission: To change pancreatic cancer survival numbers
Focus: To improve early detection statistics
Approach: To increase awareness of pancreatic cancer to the public, the medical community and Government

One focus is the annual UK Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month held in November each year.

Having been involved in setting up the very first Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Week in 2009, Ali Stunt decided it was time to step up the levels of awareness for pancreatic cancer and so founded Pancreatic Cancer Action.

Along with Stunt, Pancreatic Cancer Action has the support of many leading clinicians and researchers in the pancreatic cancer field, along with others whose lives have been touched by pancreatic cancer in some way.

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The team

Alison Stunt - Founder & CEO
Natasha North - Marketing and Communications Manager
Lucy Delemos - Fundraising Manager
Vicky McLaren - Information and Operations Manager
Lu Constable - Marketing Executive
Holly Gardner - Fundraising Assistant
Lisl Haldenwang - Office Manager
Gemma Brown - Administration Assistant
Issy Smith - Fundraising Communications Assistant

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The Trustees

Phil Stunt - Chair
Helen Matthews - Secretary & Fundraising
Jane McCue - Treasurer
Charlotte Maude - Marketing/PR
Neville Menezes - Consultant Pancreatic Surgeon
Carolyn Scott - Medical Liaison

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Medical advisors

Mr Ross Carter - Glasgow Royal Infirmary (surgical)
Dr. Seb Cummins - Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (clinical oncology)
Mr Hemant Kocher - Barts and London (surgical)
Mr Neville Menezes - Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (surgical)
Dr. Gary Middleton - Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (medical oncology)
Dr. Kevin Shotliff - Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Brompton Hospital. Royal Marsden Hospital (endocrinology)