According to the NHS, pancreatic cancer may not present any symptoms, external in some people, or they might be hard to spot.
Some symptoms do include loss of appetite, weight loss, feeling or being sick and pain in your stomach and back.
Macmillan Cancer said that about one in 10 instances of pancreatic cancer are linked to hereditary genes.
According to Pancreatic Cancer UK, about 10,800 people in the UK are diagnosed with it every year and about 9,600 die annually.
At the moment there is no screening method for pancreatic cancer, and it is not yet clear why 40% of people living with it are also diagnosed with diabetes, external.
Victoria Hurwood, head of philanthropy and partnerships at Pancreatic Cancer UK, said there was a lack of treatment options for patients due to the cancer being “overlooked and underfunded for so many years”.
“Pancreatic cancer is the deadliest cancer – half of people die within three months,” she explained.
“So we really need better ways to treat the disease to give people the best possible chance of survival and more time with their loved ones.”
A spokesperson for the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it was aware there was “more to do to ensure that people are getting the care they deserve”.
“That’s why we are piloting a targeted approach, external that searches patient records to find people most at risk of pancreatic cancer, which could give more people a fighting chance and spare the heartbreak of countless families,” they added.
NHS England was approached for comment.
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