'A silent, hidden disease': Survivor, advocate share stories ahead of World Pancreatic Cancer Day

Central Falls Published Nov 13, 2026, 2:31 PM

On the latest episode of 12 Health, host Shannon Hegy was joined by J.R. Pagliarini, who lost both of his parents to pancreatic cancer and now advocates on behalf of the Rhode Island affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and Allison Boisselle, a pancreatic cancer survivor from Central Falls who was diagnosed with the disease just last year.

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