Patient Education Information

What You Need to Know about Cancer of the Pancreas - A no-nonsense brochure about pancreatic cancer from the National Cancer Institute.

Cancer Facts - The National Cancer Institute has created dozens of fact sheets about all aspects of cancer, they can be accessed here. They also have versions in Spanish.

MD Anderson Cancer Center - Read the latest news and research from this respected Cancer Center.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Nutrition - Patients with pancreatic cancer can have different nutritional needs, read more at this site from Johns Hopkins.

PanCAN: Patient and Family Resources - The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network created this site with information and links to related sites. Be sure to see the PanCAN Cookbook, and the Survivor's stories.

Pancreatic Cancer - The Mayo Clinic provides this extensive information on cancer of the pancreas.

Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors - Merck & Co., Inc. provides this information from the Merck Home Manual.

Pancreatic Cancer from JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has created this fact sheet.

Pancreatic Cancer Info- The answers to these "Frequently Asked Questions" are from the National Pancreas Foundation. There is also an "Ask the Doctor" link at this site, and a list of recipes geared to be gentle to the pancreas.

Understanding Cancer of the Pancreas - CancerBACUP covers all the important information on this type of cancer.

Your Cancer Risk - Take this quick quiz from Washington University in St. Louis to see what your risk level is, and how to lower that risk.