Navigating Pancreatic Cancer
We are here to empower you to ask bold questions, seek out the best treatment options, and face the unique challenges of pancreatic cancer head-on. We want to give you the resources and information you need to make informed decisions that are best for you.
Checklist
As overwhelming as a pancreatic cancer diagnosis is, it is important to act quickly and put a treatment plan into place. Treatment should ideally begin within one month after you receive your diagnosis. Understand your disease. Thoroughly understand what stage of pancreatic cancer you have and inquire about having your blood and tumor genetically sequenced. […]
Let’s Win! Pancreatic Cancer
LET’S WIN! Pancreatic Cancer A Dynamic Way to Share Information Recognizing that there is an urgent need for patients to communicate amongst themselves and with the medical community about potentially life-changing treatments and clinical trials, we are proud to be affiliated with Let’s Win. Let’s Win is an interactive online community where patients and families […]
Pancreatic Cancer Connections
Pancreatic Cancer Connections is online social community that provides a safe space for pancreatic cancer patients and their loved ones to share their experiences, get valuable coping resources, and support one another. Patients interact with others who are facing a pancreatic cancer and can post questions to the board or message other members privately. This community forum is a valuable resource for patients, caregivers, and their loved ones to refer to at various stages of their treatment and recovery.
Patients and loved ones can sign up for Pancreatic Cancer Connections at no cost and will be welcomed into an engaging and supportive community to discuss topics including treatment options, nutrition, and coping with the disease. Pancreatic Cancer Connections is hosted by Inspire, a leading healthcare social network that connects more than 1,000,000 patients and caregivers.
Lustgarten News
In Person Walks
Are Back!
Join Hundreds of Walkers and Runners Across New York on June 27th in the Critical Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer. The Lustgarten Foundation’s New York Walk Series is your chance to join forces with hundreds of others whose lives have been touched by pancreatic cancer. Together we will raise the critical funds and awareness needed to defeat this this devastating disease.
Register. Donate. Fundraise. Walk where you want, when you want in your neighborhood. 100% of all donations fund lifesaving pancreatic cancer research.
Whether you walk with us in New York City or walk in your own neighborhood, your action will change lives and inspire others! Choose an event near you and join our community of patients, survivors and loved ones coming together to celebrate, reflect and remember as we move closer to a cure for pancreatic cancer. Your Walk for Research will leave you energized and optimistic about the future. Together, we will defeat this disease!
Register For Lustgarten Live!
Welcome to LustgartenLIVE! a new quarterly series of webinars designed to bring you face-to-face with the best researchers investigating pancreatic cancer. Moderated by Andrew Rakeman, PhD , Vice President of Research, each webinar in the series will focus on a different aspect of the research funded through your donations.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for From the Lab to You: Clinical Advances
Clinical trials are designed to find more effective treatments than those currently available and provide a unique opportunity to better understand human disease. Clinical trials are especially important for pancreatic cancer patients, given the limited treatment options currently available. However, currently fewer than 5% of pancreatic cancer patients are enrolled in clinical trials. The Lustgarten Foundation is working to improve clinical trial participation by moving promising therapies into trials as quickly as possible, with the goal of having trials available for patients at every stage of the disease.
During this webinar, two world-renowned pancreatic cancer researchers and clinicians, Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee of Johns Hopkins and Dr. Brian Wolpin of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explain the Foundation’s critical role in moving research from the lab to the clinic, advancing clinical trials and better therapies. The Foundation established the Clinical Accelerator Initiative (CAI) to shorten the time from clinical trial concept to launch using a Lustgarten-developed process based on the best available science. These “smarter” clinical trials will examine cutting-edge biomarkers to observe key indicators of how the treatment is working and will generate large volumes of data scientists can use now and in the future.
Clinical Trials Finder
If you have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a clinical trial may be your best treatment option. Many clinical trials are underway for patients in all stages of the disease and may involve new combinations of currently available drugs or new drugs that have worked in other cancers. No matter where you are in your journey, we encourage you to learn more about clinical trials.
