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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

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-==Awareness==
-*November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness ribbon|Awareness Month
-*Purple is the traditional color chosen to represent pancreatic cancer awareness.
-*The National Cancer Institute’s cancer research budget was $4.824 billion in 2004, an estimated $52.7 million of which was devoted to pancreatic cancer.<ref>http://pancan.org/About/pancreaticCancerStats.html</ref>
-*Research spending per pancreatic cancer patient is $1145, the lowest of any leading cancer.<ref>http://pancan.org/About/pancreaticCancerStats.html</ref>
-*For a list of celebrities who have succumbed to this disease, see
-*The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) was created as an advocacy group for pancreatic cancer.
-*The national charity Pancreatic Cancer UK works to raise awareness in the UK
 ==References==