A new study has identified that pancreatic cancer is not one, but four types of cancer, and opened the door to possible new treatments.
Articles on Pancreatic cancer
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Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease. With a ten-year survival rate of just 1%, it has the poorest prognosis of all solid tumours. The main reason for this is that tumours of the pancreas largely…
There may seem to be no connection between terrorism and cancer. But that is an oversight. If considered closely, it is easy to see that both exhibit loss of control present in “normal” conditions and…
The trouble with treating cancer is that each type has its own quirks. The quirks of pancreatic cancer make it one of the most lethal. The survival period after diagnosis is only four to six months. The…
People who are newly diagnosed with diabetes are at greater risk of having pancreatic cancer. Diabetes continues to be associated…
A campaign for Pancreatic Cancer Action recently stirred up controversy over advertising “shock tactics”. In the advert, genuine sufferers of the disease stated to camera that “I wish I had testicular…
Australia’s mortality rate for all cancers has dropped 28% in 20 years, new figures show, but progress has been slow in the fight against thyroid and pancreatic cancer, while the death rate from liver…
For the first time, 3D images have been used to track tumors as they spread, and the effects of particular drugs on cancer…
The first results of the most comprehensive genetic survey of cancer ever to be undertaken by an international consortium of researchers have just started to come in. The consortium is mapping mutations…
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Graduate Student in Cancer Systems Biology, Rice University
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Bertalli Chair in Cancer Medicine and Director of Research for the Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Professor and Laboratory Head, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor of Biochemistry, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Cancer Council NSW
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Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Westminster
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PhD Student Studying Pancreatic Cancer, Cardiff University
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profesor e investigador AXA-CNIO de Oncología Molecular, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas CNIO