Thank you for contacting me about Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and support for people affected by pancreatic cancer. Every effort is being made to improve early diagnosis and survival rates for pancreatic cancer. I fully recognise the urgency of Pancreatic Cancer UK’s “Don’t Write Me Off” campaign to ensure that the optimal care pathway for treatment is implemented. Given that the UK ranks 15th out of 16 European countries for five-year pancreatic cancer survival, more must be done to increase early diagnosis to reduce the survival gap between pancreatic cancer and other cancers. The NHS Long Term Plan set an ambition to improve these outcomes, so that 75% of all cancers can be diagnosed at stage 1 and 2 by 2028 when it is easier to treat.
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