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Pancreatic cancer is tough to diagnose, tough to treat and tough to survive.

The global picture

1.      Pancreatic cancer is the twelfth most common cancer, with 338,000 cases diagnosed in 2012.

2.      The highest incidence of pancreatic cancer worldwide is in Europe and North America.

Pancreatic cancer in Europe

1.      Pancreatic cancer is already the fourth biggest cancer killer in Europe as a whole. The number of people dying from the disease has risen continuously for the past 40 years.

Median survival after diagnosis is 4.5 months, and fewer than 7% of people survive for 5 years after diagnosis.