A 69 year old female patient with cancer in the head (widest part) of the pancreas spreading to a major abdominal artery (left image). After combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the tumor ...

The Tumor Marker Gene Model (TMGM) is a diagnostic tool to determine if patients with pancreatic cancer are suited for post-treatment surgery. It determines how a patient’s DNA affects their tumor ...

The incidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma increases across all age groups, whereas colorectal adenocarcinoma increases only among younger age groups.

For Vanessa Contreras, a teacher aide at Veterans Memorial Elementary School, life has been an uphill battle since her pancreatic cancer diagnosis during pregnancy two years ago. Yet through her ...

Type 2 diabetes can increase your risk of pancreatic cancer, but the amount of time since your diagnosis can affect your risk ...

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD, lead investigator of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-689 trial (NCT03765918), highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach to translate the study's findings into real-world ...

Overall, rates of new cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths have declined, according to the annual cancer statistics ...

Overall cancer mortality rates decreased for men, women and children in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of ...

Rob Hirst, the drummer for the popular Australian rock group Midnight Oil, is battling pancreatic cancer. The 69-year-old ...

With autoimmune pancreatitis linked to a higher cancer risk, doctors must use comprehensive imaging to avoid unnecessary ...

The “Research Spotlight” series is written by Dr. Anna Berkenblit, PanCAN’s Chief Scientific and Medical Officer. Each month, ...

Pancreatic cancer has a notoriously low survival rate, with just 25% of patients living for a year or more after their diagnosis, so it's important to know the signs to look out for ...