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One clinical trial participant can change the lives of 1000s 🦸 View in browser. January is Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness Month, and now is the perfect time to talk about how crucial they are to discovering new ways to fight pancreatic cancer. When you fund clinical trials, you give patients early access to leading-edge treatments that can accelerate progress in research, improved treatment options and lead to better outcomes. True or False: Every drug available to pancreatic cancer patients today was approved by the FDA through a clinical trial. TRUE FALSE Each clinical trial participant is helping to advance treatment of the disease for everyone who has been diagnosed or will be diagnosed in the future. If you're interested in enrolling in a clinical trial, PanCAN's Clinical Trial Finder will give you access to a comprehensive database of opportunities available in the United States. On the heels of Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness Month, National Cancer Prevention Month is just around the corner in February. I want to remind you of how critical it is to know the risk factors of pancreatic cancer. You can check out the list of factors, and take the 10-question pancreatic cancer risk test for a quick and easy way to evaluate your potential risk for pancreatic cancer. As always, thank you for your support and making progress possible! Sincerely, Lynn Matrisian, PhD, MBA Chief Science Officer DONATE NOW                1500 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 – (877) 272-6226 Privacy Policy    Contact Us\ © 2023 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. All rights reserved. Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.