📲 Fundraise on Social Media – Launch a Facebook or Instagram fundraiser and rally your community to support PanCAN’s mission.

Every gift brings us closer to improving outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients. Visit pancan.org/diy to start your fundraiser today!

🎃 Host Your Own Fundraiser – This October, put a creative spin on giving back! Organize a Halloween costume contest, pumpkin carving party or movie night and make it a fundraiser for PanCAN.

🕯️ Create a Tribute or Memorial Page – Celebrate the life of someone you love by starting a personalized fundraising page in their honor.

In conjunction with 🩷🎗️ Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and in preparation for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in November, visit pcan.at/u90ugw to learn 5️⃣ important facts about BRCA mutations and how they impact #pancreaticcancer risk as well as influence treatment options.

We can’t wait to see you for another year of PanCAN PurpleStride, the ultimate walk to end #pancreaticcancer!

We want to see you leading your team at our biggest community event of the year, so register now! 👟

Thank you for registering as a Team Captain — you are a true catalyst for change for patients and their families. 💜

In Willie’s honor, we continue our mission to raise awareness, fund critical research, and support patients and families affected by pancreatic cancer.

Join us in remembering Willie Garson by supporting PanCAN. Together, we can make a difference. 💜

📷: E! News

Off-screen, he was a devoted father, a cherished friend and an advocate for those facing cancer. His passing reminds us of the urgent need for greater awareness and research into pancreatic cancer, a disease often diagnosed at advanced stages.

Willie appeared in over 75 films and 300 television episodes, bringing warmth, humor and authenticity to every character he portrayed.

Through her courage and resilience, Justice Ginsburg gave hope to many living with pancreatic cancer. Her legacy reminds us why PanCAN is dedicated to advancing research, improving treatments and giving every patient a chance to thrive. 💜 

Together, we continue the fight she inspired. 

📷: AP News

She later said the experience gave her “an enhanced appreciation for the joys of being alive.” Over the years, she faced multiple cancer diagnoses, including colon and lung cancer, and a recurrence of pancreatic cancer in 2019.

In our new series, Taboo Topics, PanCAN Associate Director of Patient Services, Research and Education Alejandra Alvarez talks more about the cancer ghosting phenomenon and why it can happen. She also offers suggestions for ways to cope with the emotional impact ➡️ pcan.at/o8i0ys

But sometimes a friend, acquaintance or family member who was present in a person’s life before a cancer diagnosis, disappears without explanation, leaving feelings of sadness and anxiety for the person facing cancer. There’s a term for this behavior: cancer ghosting. 👻

This year, more than 67,000 Americans will hear the words “you have pancreatic cancer.” In honor of Gov. Edgar — and in recognition of all those diagnosed — we remain steadfast in our mission to advance research, build community, share knowledge and advocate for everyone affected by this disease.