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.
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Fund The Fight
ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS…AND HOPE DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT!
GIFTS MADE BY MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 31, 2020, WILL BE MATCHED, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, UP TO $50,000!
As a supporter of the Lustgarten Foundation, you know pancreatic cancer affects everyone in the family—something Danielle’s loved ones learned the hard way
Bolstered by the love of her family—including her husband Michael and their two young sons, Gavin and Peter, and her brother Marc—Danielle faced the disease with optimism and bravery. Despite many rounds of chemotherapy, Danielle maintained a high quality of life for the first year following her diagnosis, and with Michael’s heroic support, she made it through a grueling Whipple procedure. However, several months later her cancer recurred, and the treatments were harder to take.
2020 Holiday Bash
While we can’t be together for the Lustgarten Holiday Bash this year, raising funds for the Lustgarten Foundation has never been more important. This holiday season, as we continue to take precautions and put safety first, we’ll be hosting the Holiday Bash as an online fundraising campaign. Lustgarten-funded researchers are on the cusp of scientific discoveries that will undoubtedly change patients’ lives, and now, with your continued support, we will ensure many more patients become long-term survivors.Every dollar donated to the Lustgarten Holiday Bash will go directly to funding the most groundbreaking research. In appreciation of your generosity, we will be offering all donors the opportunity to take part in a series of exclusive celebrity “Thank You” events in 2021.
We are grateful for your ongoing support.
Thank You!
New Fellowships Honor Icons of Civil & Gender Rights
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Each year, more than 45,000 Americans are lost to pancreatic cancer—parents, grandparents, siblings, children, friends and other beloved members of our communities. And because pancreatic cancer does not discriminate, it also claims the lives of national figures whose loss is felt not only by their immediate family members and friends but by the entire country and even around the world. Unfortunately, 2020 saw the loss of two such figures to pancreatic cancer: Civil Rights icon and 17-term Georgia Congressman John Lewis on Friday, July 17 and Equal Rights champion and longtime U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, Sept. 18.
