The Lustgarten Foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world.
To date, we’ve invested over $301M in high-risk, high-reward research to accelerate and expand life-saving treatment options. We lead a unique, collaborative, science-focused strategy and have been a driving force in every major advancement in pancreatic cancer research since 1998.
Progress is paramount. We drive bold, innovative research with the singular mission: transforming pancreatic cancer into a curable disease.
Lustgarten Announcements
For years, pancreatic cancer has been considered immune to immunotherapy. Its tumors were “cold”—invisible to the body’s natural defenses and resistant to treatments that worked against other cancers. Patients had […]
For decades, pancreatic cancer has remained one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Too often diagnosed late and resistant to many standard therapies, it has long demanded new thinking, […]
We know that scientific progress doesn’t happen in a single moment. It moves step by step, from discovery to validation, pre-clinical development, clinical testing, and ultimately, patient access. But there’s another layer to that story, one that headlines often miss. Even as we […]
Abby’s story
From Nurse to Patient
Abby was in complete shock when she was diagnosed. It never occurred to her as a young, active person with no family history of the disease, that she could have a PNET. Despite being scared, she never wavered in her belief that an excellent medical team, positive thinking, hope and her strong faith would carry her through.
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Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer
Highlights from the 2025 AACR Annual Meeting
The sharing of data and ideas was the central focus of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025. The meeting brought together more than 20,000 cancer experts and industry leaders from around the world to learn about the fundamental research being conducted. This year’s theme was “Unifying Cancer Science and Medicine: A Continuum of Innovation for Impact.”
Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer Introduces New Features to Help Patients
Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer has released their enhanced patient-centered navigation and two powerful new tools. These changes allow Let’s Win to further its mission of guiding patients and caregivers with vital information for better outcomes.
» Check out these New Features to Help Patients «
Trial Finder: https://letswinpc.org/treatments/finding-a-clinical-trial/
Doctor Finder: https://letswinpc.org/finding-pancreatic-cancer-specialist/
