**Acknowledgements**

Benjamin Eigl was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement no. 722068.

### **Conflict of interest**

Benjamin Eigl is employed as a PhD student at CAScination, with his salary covered by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme. Matthias Peterhans is the CSO and cofounder of CAScination. Stefan Weber is CEO and cofounder of CAScination.

*Challenges in Pancreatic Cancer*
