Liquid Biopsies: What You Should Know
Three different liquid biopsy blood tests are under development or now available for pancreatic and other cancers.
Blood-Based Test Predicts What Drugs May Work Best
Dr. Kenneth Yu is testing a blood-based assay that looks at which types of chemotherapies will work best for each pancreatic cancer patient.
Important Questions When Starting Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Dr. Gauri Varadhachary outlines the important questions to ask when you start treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation for pancreatic cancer.
Scanxiety—A Nearly Universal Experience Among Cancer Patients
Social worker Lauren Shaffer provides tips and insights into managing scanxiety, the worry that accompanies follow-up scans and tests for cancer patients.
Don’t Stop Fighting
Leonora Kaufmann relied on her instinct about pancreatic cancer. Diagnosis at stage I has given her a fighting chance of survival.
New CancerSEEK Test Greater than 99 Percent Specific for Pancreatic Cancer
Dr. Anne Marie Lennon and colleagues have developed a blood screening test that can detect early cancer in eight organs, including the pancreas.
Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer Announce Two New Pancreatic Cancer Research Projects
The Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer announced the launch of two new pancreatic cancer interception research projects.
New Study Shows Promising Results in the Development of More Effective Blood Test to Detect Pancreatic Cancer
The combination of ctDNA and protein markers was superior to any single marker alone. This work was funded in part by the Lustgarten Foundation, which is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research. “Our study demonstrates that the many patients with resectable pancreatic cancers can be detected through a non-invasive blood test,” said Anne…