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Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer: Leading the Way Forward for Patients
The Biden Cancer Initiative has launched Pulse on Progress, an online magazine on Medium, and Let’s Win is featured in the first edition. The article focuses on how Let’s Win is changing the narrative around pancreatic cancer.
Adjuvant Chemotherapy with Modified FOLFIRINOX Regimen Improves Survival
A French clinical trial showed that adjuvant chemotherapy (given after surgery) with modified FOLFIRINOX improves survival of pancreatic cancer patients.
Testing a Drug that Works Only in the Tumor Microenvironment
Scientists are trying a new type of drug combination that gets activated only in the unique conditions of the tumor microenvironment.
Pancreatic Cancer and Drug Interactions: What You Need to Know
Pharmacist Trevor Christ emphasizes the importance of sharing your medication list with your medical team and pharmacist.
Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer Survivors—Year Eight
Let’s Win introduces Year Eight of its long-term survivors video series, featuring women and men who were in all stages of the disease.
Wonder Wyman
As a long-term survivor Shelly Wyman is determined to educate nurses about the latest information for helping pancreatic cancer patients.
New Study Tackles the Link Between Sleep Disruption and Cachexia
Cachexia occurs frequently among pancreatic cancer patients. Dr. Evan Noch is looking at how sleep disruption and cachexia interact.
Hope For All Stages
The doctors and researchers at the Penn Pancreatic Cancer Research Center examine different aspects of pancreatic cancer to find better treatments.