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Pancreatic Cancer - “Weight loss should be a warning…”

Ep. 8

In this episode, our GP hosts cover pancreatic cancer and share their clinical experiences to support better, faster, and more confident cancer diagnosis in primary care. 


Hosts Dr Rebecca Leon and Dr Sarah Taylor are both practicing GPs and GP Leads for GatewayC. Dr Ellen Macpherson, a junior doctor, also joins our hosts.


This episode covers: 


  • Statistics
  • Patient cases 
  • Symptoms 
  • Investigations 
  • New-onset diabetes 
  • Risk factors
  • Referral 
  • NICE guidelines 



If you loved it, you know what to do – leave us a review, a rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share. 

 

GPs Talk Cancer is the podcast series from GatewayC. GatewayC is the free early cancer diagnosis resource funded by the NHS and is part of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Visit https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/ to learn more.


View the full show notes for this episode at https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/podcast/

 

DISCLAIMER: We know this podcast might be of interest to anybody, however it is aimed at primary care health professionals. All patient cases are based on real stories from our clinical practice as GPs. They are fully anonymised with no identifiable patient data.

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