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Men and women discussing pancreatic cancer

All about cancer of the pancreas, including symptoms, risk factors and causes. Information on how cancer of the pancreas is diagnosed including initial tests and scans you may have to see if the cancer has spread. Treatment for cancer of the pancreas includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. There is also information on likely outcome (prognosis), research and how to cope with pancreatic cancer.

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RSS Feed Latest pancreatic cancer news

News: Nerve genes linked to pancreatic cancer
Detailed genetic analysis of nearly 150 pancreatic tumours has given new clues about how the disease develops and spread...
24 Oct 2012
Press release: Study points to potential new treatment for deadly pancreatic cancer
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have shown how a promising new class of drugs might be used to treat aggressive for...
29 Apr 2012
Press release: Blood vessel 'inflator' could be 'game-changer' for pancreatic cancer treatment
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that an enzyme can re-expand the insides of blood vessels allowing more drugs a...
20 Mar 2012

RSS Feed On our blog - pancreatic cancer

News: Getting to the root of tumour blood vessels
In the first of this series we explained how the ‘neighbourhood’, or microenvironment, around a cancer affects how it gr…
18 Jan 2013
News: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ reveals new pancreatic cancer genes
Over recent decades we have made huge progress in survival for many types of cancer, including breast, bowel, testicular…
29 Apr 2012
News: News digest – aspirin, tobacco profits, pancreatic cancer and more
This week’s news digest includes our take on aspirin and cancer; a report about the huge profits the tobacco indus…
24 Mar 2012
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