The Duluth skyline was a touch more colorful Thursday night than usual.

Enger tower was glowing a beautiful purple hue in honor of November 21st being World Pancreatic Cancer Day.

With a survival rate in the single digits, pancreatic cancer is one of the world’s deadliest cancers.

This year, on the 10 year anniversary of World Pancreatic Cancer Day, loved ones, communities like Duluth and organizations around the world are uniting to help people everywhere by getting the word out about symptoms and resources.

The pancreas is a gland, about six inches long, located in the abdomen. It is shaped like a flat pear and is surrounded by the stomach, small intestine, liver, spleen and gallbladder. The wide end of the pancreas on the right side of the body is called the head. The middle sections are the neck and body.

The thin end of the pancreas on the left side of the body is called the tail. The uncinate process is the part of the gland that bends backwards and underneath the head of the pancreas. Two very important blood vessels, the superior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric vein, cross behind the neck of the pancreas and in front of the uncinate process. The pancreas is both an exocrine gland and endocrine gland and has two main functions: digestion and blood sugar regulation.

To know the symptoms of pancreatic cancer and for resources, click here.