Abstract: Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal disease, for which mortality closely parallels incidence. Most patients remain asymptomatic, and the disease progresses rapidly. Due to economic development and improvement of clinical detection rate, incidence of pancreatic cancer is roaring, which becomes a serious health problem. Thanks to the development of basic and clinical research, more detailed information is obtained on pancreatic cancer, providing theoretical support for conquering “the king of cancer”. This review summarized recent high quality studies on pancreatic cancer.

Key words: Pancreatic cancer, Epidemiology, Basic research, Clinical research, Progress