In France, for the year 2018, the estimated number of new cases of pancreatic cancer was 14,184, and the estimated number of deaths from pancreatic cancer was 11,456. Key points: Poor prognosis with a standardized net survival rate of 39% at 1 year and 11% at 5 years for cases diagnosed in 2010–2015; Net survival at 5 years is nearly four times higher at age 50 (19%) than at age 80 (5%); Improvement in net survival over time, with survival rates doubling between 1990 and 2015, though they remain very low among older adults.