A large international collaboration led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has identified promising new targets for
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Recent diabetes and weight loss tied to pancreatic cancer risk
(HealthDay)—Recent-onset diabetes accompanied by weight loss is associated with a substantially increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, according to a
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Progress slow against pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the third deadliest form of the disease after lung cancer and colorectal cancer. There is no effective
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Study: Innovative pancreatic cancer treatment may rev up immune system
A University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute research team reports that combining a type of radiation therapy with immunotherapy not
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Pancreatic cancer treatments show promise in studies
University of Pennsylvania researchers are reporting early but encouraging results from two small ongoing studies of experimental treatments for metastatic
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New potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer discovered
Cancer cells demand enormous amounts of molecular “food” to survive and grow, and a study published March 27 online in
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A tongue test could diagnose pancreatic cancer before symptoms start
A simple tongue test could diagnose pancreatic cancer before symptoms develop: Patients in the early stages of the disease have
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Pancreatic cancer cells are ‘addicted’ to key protein
Pancreatic cancer is particularly difficult to treat. The American Cancer Society estimate that up to 61 percent of people with
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Pancreatic cancer’s addiction could be its end
Cancer cells are often described as cells “gone bad” or “renegade.” New research reveals that in some of the deadliest
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Diabetes may be an early manifestation of pancreatic cancer
A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that recent-onset type
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