Support Pancreatic Cancer Awareness and Research

Carly Roop RD, CSO, is a registered dietitian at the Joan Karnell Cancer Center (JKCC). She provides nutrition education and support to patients while addressing nutrition-related side effects from chemotherapy and radiation. Dietitians at JKCC provide educational nutrition programs that are open to patients as well as the community.

This year, an estimated 43,920 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States and approximately 37,390 will die from the disease.

Pancreatic cancer is easily concealed; it may cause only vague symptoms that could be mistaken for many different conditions within the gastrointestinal tract. Unfortunately, there are no detection tools to diagnose the disease in its early stages when it the tumor can be surgically removed, this is one of the main reasons pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death.

 

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Walk in Philadelphia

Building awareness for pancreatic cancer builds hope.

Join us November 3, 2012, for Purple Stride Philadelphia, at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park.
Not only will you help support the fight against pancreatic cancer, but being active will personally help you fight against pancreatic cancer as well.

So grab your family, friends or dog and join our team, Together We Can Make Strides!