50,000 people will die from pancreatic cancer by 2029 unless NHS gets major investment, charity warns

At least 50,000 people will die from pancreatic cancer over the next five years unless the government gives more funding to improve how quickly the condition is diagnosed and treated, a major charity has warned.

Pancreatic Cancer UK hit out at 50 years of “unacceptably slow progress” compared to other types of cancer as it warned that thousands of lives will be lost unless £35m of “urgent” investment is put towards improving survival rates of the disease.

The charity predicted that pancreatic cancer by 2027, which would make it the in the UK.