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spoonsar

When to start screening for pancreatic cancer?

34m. Ulcerative colitis resistant to treatment and currently on dual therapy (rinvoq + tremfya). My mom died of pancreatic adenocarcinoma at the age of 54. Also on my dad’s side my grandma and some great grandparents who died of it. My gastro told me she’d like to see me start getting screened at 44 (10 years before the age my mom was diagnosed) but that was before my UC progressed. I know that IBD has recently been found to be a risk factor for pancreatic cancer, and of course being immunosuppressed on a huge level is another factor.

Should there be any change to when I start getting screened? Or should I still wait until 44?

Posted Aug 24, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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