GPs do not have the tools needed to diagnose pancreatic cancer in time to treat

Only 10% of GPs say they have the tools needed to diagnose pancreatic cancer early enough for treatment to be possible, according to new polling for Pancreatic Cancer UK. A further half of GPs (54%) say that they have some of the tools they need but could do with more. Only 3% of the 1,007 UK GPs polled by ComRes on behalf of the charity said they were very confident they could detect the signs and symptoms of pancreatic cancer in a patient. The findings mark the launch of the charity’s new campaign Unite-Diagnose-Save Lives to help fund the first-ever simple test for pancreatic cancer by 2024. One in four pancreatic