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Pancreatic cancer is 5th commonest cause of cancer death. Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund is the only UK charity exclusively funding research to defeat it.
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🧵1/7: It’s a day of mixed emotions here at PCRF, with both important and exciting news to tell you. In April 2024, 20 years after founding PCRF, CEO Maggie Blanks will retire and the charity will wind down #PancreaticCancer
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RT @LabKocher: Well done to Dr @RachelFincham1 for publishing her work during doctoral studies at @QMBCI in joint collaboration with Dr @J…
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Many, many congratulations, John. Challenge met and fundraising target well + truly smashed. Huge thanks to you and all your wonderfully generous sponsors. Happy 50th birthday - life only gets better after 50! 😀 #ResearchFundingHeroes
Land's End 🚴➡️ John O'Groats 👏 A fantastic effort by Mr Seymour who has completed the 874 mile journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, raising money for @PanCanResearch Donate here 👇
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RT @Gio_Marchegiani: Do you know Intraductal Oncocytic Pancreatic Neoplasms 🍇 ?! IOPN have distinct features 🫧 M:F 1.5: 1 / median size…
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RT @PaulRutters: Getting set for the weekend, back on the radio Saturday morning @academyfmthanet from 8 - 11 Loads of local guests 🙌 9:35…
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Congratulations on completing your LM, Lizzie, and inspiring such brilliant sponsorship. #ResearchFundingHero
#londonmarathon2024 Here I come! Running for Con and Tara and their two families left behind, for @PanCanResearch - and too many others.
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RT @LabKocher: Congratulations to Andrew Ang and Pancreas Tissue Bank team for their insights on Prognostication for recurrence patterns af…
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@sallyjournalist We're so sorry to read of your mum's death. Like you, we think the staff involved with pancreatic cancer patients at Southampton are brilliant. Thank you for setting up the JustGiving tribute page in your mum's memory.
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The full list of our final research grants can be seen at Although retiring in April 2024, our CEO Maggie Blanks will continue to administer these - and all other live research projects - through to their completion. #PancreaticCancer
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Final research grant #5 Professor Peter McCormick @LivUni Award £219,000, duration 3 years #PancreaticCancer
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Final research grant #3 Professor Alan Parker @CardiffUni Award £220,000, duration 3 years #PancreaticCancer
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Final research grant #2 Professor Michael Schmid @LivUni Award £217,000, duration 3 years #PancreaticCancer
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Final research grants #1 Dr Jun Ishihara of @imperialcollege Award £220,000, duration 2 years #PancreaticCancer
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The final five grants total just over £1 million, which brings the total spend on research project grants to £15.6 million since the charity was founded. #PancreaticCancer
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Yesterday we announced that in April 2024 our CEO Maggie Blanks will retire and the charity will wind down. This means that PCRF will no longer be funding new research beyond this date. However, we do have the final five research projects that started in 2023 to announce
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7/7 We have further information about PCRF winding down at and we’ve anticipated some key questions you might have: Please do have a read and you’re welcome to get in touch if you have any further questions.
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