Picking a Clinical Trial for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
When Robert Weker was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he believed a clinical trial was his best chance of reducing the tumor enough for a Whipple.
Inhibiting Cell Division With Alternating Electric Fields
Dr. Andrew Coveler explains how electric fields are being used to disrupt pancreatic cancer cell division, to make tumors more removable.
Clinical Trial For OncoTreat Being Developed
Researcher Kenneth Olive is developing OncoTreat, a method matches a patient's tumor to the most effective drugs for their pancreatic cancer.
My Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial Journey
My story starts in September 2017. I decided to get checked for the status of fibroids in my uterus, and…
What Happens When Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Fail?
These include several potential pancreatic cancer therapies that hit headlines in 2019. Halozyme Therapeutics discontinued the development of PEGylated recombinant…
Testing Treatment Combinations to Make Surgery More Effective
Researchers are looking at losartan and nivolumab combined with standard protocol of chemotherapy and radiation to see either drug or a combination is more effective.
Tumor RNA Testing Leads to Treatment with a New Drug
When treatment stopped working for Adam Deal, genetic testing of his tumor RNA found a mutation that made him eligable to try a new drug.
CAR T Cell Trial Targets Mesothelin
In an immunotherapy clinical trial, Dr. Mark O'Hara is using CAR T cells to attack mesothelin-expressing tumor cells in pancreatic cancer.
Adding A Noninvasive Surgical Technique to Standard Treatment for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
In this observational study, researchers are looking at whether irreversible electroporation (also known as IRE) added to standard treatment is…
I’ll Never Stop Fighting
When Lynne Holcomb was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, she kept fighting through treatment and made it onto a clinical trial.
