Pancreatic cancer has a five-year survival rate of less than nine percent. Researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine is seeking to improve those odds by looking at genetic signatures in the largest study of its kind that could be used to improve the matching of drugs to patients and in […]
A new research report is saying that taking regular low doses of aspirin might lower the chance of contracting pancreatic cancer. The research study was recently printed up in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention and it looked at the various health information from over 360 people who had pancreatic cancer and nearly 700 […]
Pancreatic cancer is predicted to become the second deadliest form of cancer by 2030. Next to lung cancer, this aggressive disease is projected to become the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States by 2030, overtaking deaths resulting from breast and colon cancers, according to new research detailing projections for cancer […]