November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

NOVEMB ER IS PANCREATIC & CANCER AWARENESS MONTH KEY STATISTICS 43,920 T1.5% 37,390 est. per year est. NEW CASES in 2012 DEATHS IN 2012 rate of increase since 2004 22,090 21,830 18,850 18,540 44 10 71 4 Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer deaths Pancreatic cancer in Lifetime risk of getting pancreatic cancer is the 10th most common cancer The survival rate HAS NOT IMPROVED substantially in the OVER 40 YEARS since passage of the National Cancer Act GIYEAR = 26% 0 5 YEARS = 6% %3D Of all the cancers tracked by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, pancreatic cancer is the only one with a five-year relative survival rate in the single digits. ↑ 55% % projected increase of the number of new pancreatic cancer cases between 2010 and 2030 34%-67% 60K Highest incidence rate amongst African Americans (between 34 percent and 67 percent higher than the other groups) 40K 2010 2020 2030 PANCREATIC CANCER SYMPTOMS ARE VAGUE BACK/ ABDOMINAL PAIN NAUSEA WEIGHT LOSS JAUNDICE CHANGES in STOOL LOSS of APPETITE DIABETES Q There are NO EARLY DETECTION methods for pancreatic cancer TYPES OF PANCREATIC CANCER FUNCTIONING NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS EXOCRINE TUMORS most common type of pancreatic cancer ADENOCARCINOMA RARER FORMS of EXOCRINE TUMORS GASTRINOMA 95% of people with pancreatic cancer have this type of - GLUCAGONOMA tumor PPOMAS - INSULINOMA ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMAS VIPOMAS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMAS GIANT CELL CARCINOMAS •SOMATOSTATINOMA ENDOCRINE TUMORS PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR Also known as islet cell tumors or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETS). Much less common than A can be functioning or nonfunctioning exocrine tumors. TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER WHIPPLE PROCEDURE TARGETED THERAPY DISTAL TOTAL PANCREATECTOMY PANCREATECTOMY CHEMO- THERAPY RADIATION THERAPY CHEMORADIATION THERAPY Uses high energy the growth of cancer x-rays or other forms chemotherapy and of radiation to kill or Removes the head of the pancreas, the bile duct, part of the stomach, the gallbladder, and part of the small intestine. Removes the whole pancreas, part of stomach & small intestine, common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph The body and the tail of the pancreas and usually the spleen are removed. Uses drugs to stop Uses drugs or other substances to Combines cells, either by killing the cells or by prohibit cancer cells stopping them from dividing. radiation therapy to increase the effects of both. identify and attack specific cancer cells without harming from growing. normal cells nodes. APPROVED DRUGS GEMZAR TARCEVA MITOZYTREX MUTAMYCIN FLUOROURACIL FLUOROPLEX ADRUCIL ERLOTINIB HYDROCHLORIDE EFUDEX GEMCITABINE HYDROCHLORIDE MITOMYCIN C PROMINENT FIGURE S WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY PANCREATIC CANCER JOAN CRAWFORD STEVE JOBS PATRICK SWAYZE RUTH BADER GINSBURG DONNA REED LUCIANO DIZZIE PAVAROTTI GILLESPIE MICHAEL LANDON She received the 1953 Academy Award for Best American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional Italian opera Made famous for work She was voted the 47th Greatest Movie Star Co-founder Celebrated actor who was well known for his roles in Ghost, Road House, and Dirty Dancing. The Supreme and CEO of Apple, diagnosed with a rare form singer whose success made him one of the most Court Justice in period Western underwent surgery to treat of all time by Entertainment Supporting Actress for commercially successful tenors of all dramas, like" "Bonanza" and "Little House of pancreatic cancer in pancreatic cancer in 2009 singer. Died from Weekly. From Here to 2004. Eternity. on the Prairie". pancreatic cancer in 1993. time. NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS S PE Seena Magowitz FOUNDATION APA PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK AMERICAN PANCREATIC ASSOCIATION ADVANCE RESEARCH. SUPPORT PATIENTS. CREATE HOPE. NATIONAL PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATIO First Annual lope Event The Face and Voice for Pancreatic Cancer pancreaticcancerfoundation.com www.pancan.org www.american-pancreatic-association.org www.seenamagowitzfoundation.org Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation YOU CAN НОРЕ OR YOU CAN HELP CURE PANCREATIC CANCER •LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION. Catalyst for a Cure www.lustgarten.org/home www.rolfefoundation.org www.pancreatic.org NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE American Cancer Society www.cancer.gov www.cancer.org EVENTS & FUNDRAISERS pancreat paing Paint 4 Your Pancreas Send ncre ш 4th Annual Unconditional Birthdays Glenda Jane Koffler Golf Tournament Montgomery, Alabama Chesterfield, Michigan Pasadena, California PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK PURPLESTRIDE Fore-a-Cure 50/50 Raffle PurpleStride Location High Point, North Carolina various spots around the country sources: www.huffingtonpost.com • www.cancer.net • www.cancer.org • WwW.cancer.gov • WWW.pancan.org KNOW CANCER is a Cancer Social Network, Resource Directory & Education Hub supporting all those affected by cancer. © 2012 Know Cancer - All Rights Reserved . www.knowcancer.com