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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must have either upfront resectable PDAC or advanced (unresectable or metastatic) PDAC (borderline PDAC and those planned for neoadjuvant chemotherapy excluded) 2. Patients with a histological or radiological diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). For patients awaiting histological confirmation, tissue obtained at study enrolment or can suffice. For those patients who undergo a resection, surgical tissue will be used. 3. For patients enrolling with resectable PDAC (cohort 1) - the definition of resectability will be according to NCCN guidelines and the patient must be planned for a surgery first approach. 4. For patients with advanced PDAC (cohort 2), all stages are eligible including locally advanced unresectable, first-line metastatic, second-line (or beyond) metastatic. 5. In advanced PDAC patients (cohort 2) where a single lesion is to be biopsied, the lesion should be amenable to a core needle biopsy as judged by a staff radiologist. A minimum of 4 to 6 x 18 Gauge (G) good quality tumour cores must be safely obtainable under CT or US guidance. 6. Patients must have a life expectancy of ≥ 6 months 7. ECOG 0-1 8. Patient must be suitable for systemic therapy 9. Patients should have organ function deemed sufficiently adequate to receive systemic therapy Exclusion Criteria: 1. Certain histologies are excluded: colloid, high grade neuroendocrine; 2. For patients enrolling in cohort 2 - Patients without a tumour lesion amenable to biopsy or with tumour lesions that are not safe for sampling a minimum of 4 to 6 x 18G good quality tumour cores by image guided core needle biopsy as judged by a staff radiologist. 3. Patients who are not fit enough to undergo a tumour biopsy for any reason as judged by the investigator; this includes patients who cannot stop anticoagulation therapy. 4. For cohort 1 - patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy are excluded, (neoadjuvant immunotherapy is permitted)