This study looks at how eating a plant-based diet might affect the body's response to cancer treatment in people with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), a type of pancreatic cancer. The gut microbiome is the community of tiny living things, like bacteria, in your stomach that aids digestion. Neoadjuvant therapy refers to treatments like chemotherapy given before surgery. Patients will fill out a food survey and provide a poop sample to study these connections.
- This is an observational study; no new medications will be given.
- Participants must be 18 or older, with certain stages of PDAC, before starting any cancer treatment.
- Excludes those with advanced cancer stages or ongoing treatment.