Who We Are

5 year survival rates for pancreatic cancer have not changed in over 40 years and it is our mission to change this by way of increased awareness of pancreatic cancer within the general population, the medical community and the Government. We are developing educational programmes for trainee General Practitioners and are working on creating free Online Interactive Training Materials alongside the Royal College of GPs aimed at practicing clinicians; to help them spot the disease earlier and manage the condition better.

Simply, our aim is to get more people diagnosed in time for surgery – currently the only potential for a cure.

Photo: Courtesy of The Remarkable Studio, Haslemere

Having been involved in setting up the very first Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Week in 2009, Ali Stunt, a rare survivor of this disease, decided it was time to step up the levels of awareness for pancreatic cancer and so founded Pancreatic Cancer Action to do just that.

Along with Ali, Pancreatic Cancer Action has the support of many leading clinicians and researchers in the pancreatic cancer arena along with others whose lives have been touched by pancreatic cancer in some way.

Our Patron: 

Hugh Grant, Patron of Pancreatic Cancer Action

Acclaimed British and Hollywood actor, Hugh Grant became our Patron in September 2011

Our Trustees

• Alison Stunt – Founder & CEO
• Phil Stunt – Chair
• Helen Matthews – Secretary & Fundraising
• Jane McCue – Treasurer
• Neville Menezes – Consultant Pancreatic Surgeon
• Carolyn Scott – Medical Liaison
• Fiona Taylor – Marketing & Communications

Media Enquiries

All media enquiries should be directed to Fiona Taylor: fiona@pancreaticcanceraction.org or  call 07841396020.

For further media information including statistics pack and pancreatic cancer media information pack downloads, please visit our Media Resources page

Medical Advisors

• Mr Ross Carter – Glasgow Royal Infirmary (surgical)
• Dr. Seb Cummins – Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (clinical oncology)
• Mr Giuseppe Kito Fusai, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital London (surgical)
  
• Mr Hemant Kocher – Barts and the London Hospital (surgical)
• Mr Neville Menezes – Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (surgical)
• Dr. Gary Middleton – Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (medical oncology)
• Dr. Sheela Rao – The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (medical oncology)
• Dr. Kevin Shotliff – Chelsea & Westminster Hospital & Brompton Hospital. Royal Marsden Hospital (endocrinology)

Our Partners

The team at Molten Technologies lost a dear colleague to pancreatic cancer in early 2011 and PCA is now Molten’s charity partner

We are very grateful to WilmerHale for their legal services, which they are generously providing to us on a pro bono basis

Photos of Ali have been very generously supplied by Peter Searight at The Remarkable Studio, Lynchmere, Haslemere. Contact Peter on 01428 725067 or click on the image to go through to their website.