Cancerbackup: References

Skip the page content navigation if you do not require links to content sections within this page.

Page Content Navigation

Skip the main banner if you do not want to read it as the next section.

Page Banner

Want to speak to a specialist cancer nurse? Call free on 0808 800 1234


Skip the main content if you do not want to read it as the next section.

References for the pancreatic cancer information centre

The information in the pancreatic cancer information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding cancer of the pancreas, which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

  • Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005.
  • Improving Outcomes in Upper Gastro-intestinal Cancers: Vol 1: The Manual, Vol 2: The Research Evidence. NHS Executive Clinical Outcomes Group. NHS Executive, January 2001.
  • Guidance on the Use of Gemcitabine for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), 2001.
  • The Oxford Textbook of Oncology. Eds: Robert Souhami, Ian Tannock, Peter Hohenberger, & Jean-Claude Horiot. Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer – The Manual. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). March 2004.
  • www.cancerhelp.org.uk Pancreatic cancer section of Cancer Research UK website (accessed February 2008).

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.


Content last reviewed: 01 April 2008
Page last modified: 09 July 2008

Get support

Look for other people in the same situation on our What Now? community - read their blogs or talk to them in our chat rooms.

Find out about other ways to get support on the main Macmillan website.