Watch: “Jeopardy!” Icon Alex Trebek Announces His Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
"...just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer." Alex Trebek - who has has hosted the…
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Experimental Cancer Drug Displays Potential in a Number of Rare Cancers
According to a story from EurekAlert!, a new type of cancer drug that is being described as a "Trojan horse" that infiltrates cancer tumors is showing potential in several types…
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New Johns Hopkins Lab Will Prioritize Pancreatic Cancer Genes and Detection
According to a story from PR Newswire, The Lustgarten Foundation, which is the largest private organization that funds research on pancreatic cancer, has recently announced that opening of its fourth…
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Man Diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Cancer of Pancreas Celebrates Life Six Years Later
This is the story of Tom Dinwiddie, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer on April 2, 2012. This year, now age 69, he is officially six years cancer free. The Diagnosis…
Chance Collaboration Reveals how Pancreatic Cancer Tumors Form
Thanks to a chance encounter in a bike shed, two research groups at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered two distinct ways that pancreatic cancer tumors form and grow. The first research…
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This Research Partnership Will Investigate the Relationship Between Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from prweb.com, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Allegheny Health Network (AHC) Cancer Institute have entered a partnership that plans to investigate…
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Irish Man Sues After Hospital Fails to Detect Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from the Irish Mirror, 32-year-old Ben McGuire recently sued the HSE after claiming that the Cork University Hospital was unable to detect a pancreatic cancer tumor…
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Imbruvica Falters in Pancreatic Cancer Trial
According to a story from Physician's Weekly, the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, Inc. recently announced that its cancer drug Imbruvica failed to measure up in a recent clinical trial in which…
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Will Pancreatic Cancer Become The Second Most Common Cause of Cancer-Related Death in the US?
According to a story from PR Newswire, pancreatic cancer rates in the US are increasing by almost two percent each year. This puts the disease in position to become the…
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Research Reveals a New Potential Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from Medical Xpress, a team of researchers affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found some encouraging results when they tested an immune system enhancing…
Research Indicates Sex Differences Affect Response to Cancer Treatment
For a long time, we've known that, at least in North America, men develop cancer at higher rates than women. However, there is still some mystery concerning the impact of…
Cosmetology Students Triple Supply of Wigs for Cancer Patients
In August, Duke Cancer Center's Patient Support Program had a backlog of 150 wigs. That means 150 cancer patients who didn't have access to an item that, while simple, provides…
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UC San Diego Opens New Center Dedicated to Preventing Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Pancreatic Cancer Prevention and Screening Clinic at UC San Diego Moores Cancer center has opened for the first time this…
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‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Donates $1 Million to Help Develop Efficient Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has donated a million dollars for a research project dedicated towards a new way of deploying the immune system against pancreatic cancer. This is welcome…
After the Devastation of Pancreatic Cancer
Some experiences are seen through rose-colored glasses while others are hazy or ambiguous. Many, we try desperately to remember while others we we wish we could forget. And a special…
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Study Reveals How a Certain Gene Plays a Role in Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from Laboratory Equipment, a team of scientists have discovered a gene that appears to play a prominent role in pancreatic cancer and could help predict if…
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Promising Early Results From Research into Pancreatic Cancer
A study funded by the Lustgarten Foundation, the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in America, has shown promising results. The scientists are hopeful that their work could lead…
Join PanCAN to #DemandBetter during Pancreatic Awareness Month
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for pancreatic cancer in the United States for 2018 are: About 55,440 people (29,200 men and 26,240 women) will…
Patients as Partners for Finding Cures
Patients as Partners When you're diagnosed with an illness such as metastatic breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, or another rare disease that has limited treatment options, it's very easy to lose…
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The Diggs Family Shares Their Story to Aid in Cancer Prevention
For some fortunate individuals, cancer is kind of a foreign concept. They obviously know what it is- they hear cancer stories in passing, they may have donated to a charity…
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These Surgeons Are Getting Recognized for Using Robotic Surgery in Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from abc7.com, two surgeons were part of a crowd of thousands that participated in the Los Angeles Cancer Challenge, which took place at UCLA on Sunday,…
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This Company Just Got $54 Million to Develop Rare Cancer Drugs
According to a story from crainsnewyork.com, the biotechnology company Gotham Therapeutics has received financing to the tune of $54 million so that it can begin developing drugs to treat rare…
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An Experimental Blood Test Could Help Determine the Need for Post-Surgical Chemo
According to a story from businesses.com.au, a new blood test that is currently in clinical trials could more accurately determine which patients will need chemotherapy to cure their cancer after…
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U.S. Fda Grants LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Orphan Drug Designation for Pancreatic Cancer
The United States Food and Drug Administration has granted the drug Lynparza® (olaparib) Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Lynparza is used in the US to treat…
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PARP Inhibitor Drug is Granted Orphan Drug Designation for Pancreatic Cancer
According to a story from BioSpace, AstraZeneca and Merck released a joint announcement recently stating that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to olaparib…
