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If you have questions about your diagnosis and treatment options, speak to your doctor or nurse.
You can also speak to our specialist nurses on our free Support Line.
Stages of pancreatic cancer
- Stage 1 pancreatic cancer
- Stage 2 pancreatic cancer
- Stage 3 pancreatic cancer
- Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
You may be told the stage of cancer. This describes the size of the cancer, if it has spread outside the pancreas and where to.
What is stage 2 pancreatic cancer?
Stage 2 cancer means that the cancer may have grown larger. It may have spread to a small number of lymph nodes near the pancreas. It has not spread to large blood vessels near the pancreas.
Possible treatments: You might be able to have surgery to remove the cancer. But this depends on how far it’s spread. You might also be offered chemotherapy. This might sometimes be followed with chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy (chemoradiotherapy).
Read more about cancer that can be removed with surgery.
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Read our booklet for people just diagnosed
If you have just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and have been told you can have surgery, download our booklet: Pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery. A guide if you have just been diagnosed.
You can also order a printed copy.
Published November 2022
To be reviewed November 2025