The five-year survival rate from pancreatic cancer is only 13 per cent, and one explanation could be late diagnosis.A consortium of experts has formed to increase survival by improving early detection and screening.The goal is to increase the 5-year suvival rate to 50 per cent within the next decade.Guest/sDr Diane Simeone, director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health and founder of the PRECEDE ConsortiumProfessor Andrew Metz, gastroenterologist and director of the Jreissati Pancreatic Centre at Epworth HospitalReferencesThe Australian Pancreatic High-RIsk ScrEening (APRISE) StudyThe Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection (PRECEDE) Consortium

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