Pancreatic Cancer Action urges greater awareness of symptoms in November's National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month to improve survival rates of Britain's fifth biggest cancer killer

Pancreatic Cancer Action urges greater awareness of symptoms in November's National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month to improve survival rates of Britain's fifth biggest cancer killer PR Newswire LONDON, November 1, 2012 LONDON, November 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- • Nearly half of GB population unable to name a single symptom of pancreatic cancer according to new research from Pancreatic Cancer Action charity According to Ipsos MORI research released today (1 November 2012) by national charity Pancreatic Cancer Action, two thirds (64%) of people in this country know very little about pancreatic cancer, including one in ten (11%) have never even heard of it . Yet pancreatic cancer is Britain's fifth deadliest cancer killing 22 people a day. Worryingly there is also a lot of confusion regarding the symptoms of this grim disease with nearly half of the GB population (49%) unable to name a single symptom. Only 16 per cent of those asked thought upper abdominal pain or back pain was a symptom and only 9 per cent mentioned jaundice, both of which are key symptoms of the cancer. When shown a picture of a human body, more than seven out of ten (71%) people could not correctly locate where the pancreas lies. One in ten confuse it with the appendix.