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Improved Pancreatic Survival Seen After Neoadjuvant Therapy and Surgery
"The main message we need to convey is that with the development of advanced systemic treatments (chemotherapy and radiotherapy) patients with non-metastatic LAPC have increased chance for surgery and, therefore,…
Calcium channel blockers may increase risk for pancreatic cancer
“Pancreatic cancer is not very common in the United States. It is the 12th most common cancer, but it is a very lethal cancer, as [it is] the third leading…
No Benefit With Addition of Epacadostat in Pancreatic Cancer
This is the second setback for epacadostat this month. Previously reported findings from the phase III ECHO-301/KEYNOTE-252 trial showed that adding the IDO inhibitor to the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda)…
To starve pancreatic tumors, researchers seek to block ‘self-eating,’ other fuel sources
The researchers are reporting preclinical findings for a potential two-treatment strategy to block multiple mechanisms of cancer cell metabolism in pancreatic cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual…
Future Outlook in Pancreatic Cancer
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Male BRCA Carriers at Risk for Melanoma, Pancreatic Cancer
“Men with germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a higher risk [for] developing malignant abnormalities of the prostate, pancreas, breast, colon and melanoma,” David Margel, MD, PhD, associate…
