Pancreatic cancer is recognised as one of the most serious malignancies - statistically, the 5-year survival rate for this condition is as low as 5 per cent. This is due, for example, to the fact that a significant proportion of patients are only diagnosed when the disease is already at a significant stage. It is for this reason that scientists are looking for diagnostic techniques that allow pancreatic cancer to be diagnosed early, as well as trying to find out the mechanisms that allow it to spread rapidly in the body - recent reports on this subject were presented by specialists from Australia.