New project to improve treatment of pancreatic cancer
Southampton General Hospital and Oxford University Hospitals are at the forefront of a new project to help speed up diagnosis and improve treatment of pancreatic cancer.
'Silent killer' claims thousands of lives in South
They call it the 'silent killer' - because - once it's detected there's just a 4% survival rate.
Pancreatic Cancer is the UK's fifth biggest cancer killer. A new report says that's partially because patients are being diagnosed too late.
More than 1.300 people in the region were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. Only a small number survived.
Last week the actor Alan Rickman died from the condition.
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