Eighteen Important Words to Know if You Have Pancreatic Cancer
When you start pancreatic cancer treatment it seems like everyone is speaking a language you don't know. Here are 18 important words to help you along.
Research Provides Guidance for Treating Pancreatic Cancer Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
Today, new research published in Annals of Surgery from the University of Colorado Department of Surgery at the Anschutz Medical Campus provides…
Chemotherapy Prior to Surgery May Help Outcomes for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
The results of this National Cancer Institute's SWOG Cancer Research Network trial will be presented as part of the ASCO20…
Keep Your Glasses from Fogging When Wearing a Mask
Here are some tips from doctors on how to prevent your glasses from fogging up when you wear your mandated mask for COVID-19.
Platinum-based Chemo May Improve Survival for Some Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Biomarkers are biological features, such as DNA mutations, that can be used to predict prognosis or response to treatment. DNA…
Why Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma is so Lethal
Vakoc says, "We think part of the reason why these tumors are so aggressive is that they exploit normal cells.…
COMBATing Pancreatic Cancer
Dr. Manuel Hidalgo explains the COMBAT trial, which combines immunotherapy, a checkpoint inhibitor, and chemotherapy to attack pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Hidalgo Medina on Promising Research in Pancreatic Cancer
Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) show promise for personalized therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer, said Dr. Hidalgo. Preliminary results from the…
Roswell Park team proposes possible new strategy for treating pancreatic cancer
The findings from a team led by Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, and Erik Knudsen, PhD, at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center…
Biomarkers Identified Which Could Help Detect Lymph Node Metastasis in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Unlike breast, skin or prostate cancer, there is no standard-of-care screening test for pancreatic cancer. And because the pancreas is…
