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Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of all cancer deaths in the United States and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in individuals ages 40 to 60. Approximately 37,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year, and, each year, approximately the same number die from it. Often, pancreatic cancer is found too late for surgical intervention, and chemotherapy and radiation treatments have little effect.

Commonly used antidepressant drugs can also help the immune system to attack cancer

A class of drug called monoamine oxidase inhibitors is commonly prescribed to treat depression; the medications work by boosting levels of serotonin, the brain's "happiness hormone."

10 Jun 2021

Odor-based test accurately distinguishes hard-to-detect cancers

An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish between benign and pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells with up to 95 percent accuracy, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn's Perelman School of Medicine.

3 Jun 2021

New technology efficiently detects gene mutation in blood with low error rate

Next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technologies --in which millions of DNA molecules are simultaneously but individually analyzed-- theoretically provides researchers and clinicians the ability to noninvasively identify mutations in the blood stream.

5 May 2021

Adhesion strength and contractility enable metastatic cancer cells to display adurotactic behavior

Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University have discovered a key feature that allows cancer cells to break from typical cell behavior and migrate away from the stiffer tissue in a tumor, shedding light on the process of metastasis and offering possible new targets for cancer therapies.

From UC San Diego 10 Mar 2021

New computational technique accurately differentiates between normal and cancer cells

Scientists have created a new method to precisely differentiate between data from a wide range of normal cells and cancer cells found inside tumor samples.

19 Jan 2021

New combination therapy could be effective in treating aggressive cancers with common mutations

Scientists have long known that therapies that target the cancer-driving MAPK pathway are only effective in a handful of cancers with specific mutations in a cancer gene called BRAF, and these cancers that initially respond to the therapy often end up developing resistance to the treatment, resulting in relapse for many patients.

15 Dec 2020

Researchers identify way to disrupt the process that promotes pancreatic tumor growth

Researchers say they've identified a way to disrupt a process that promotes the growth of pancreatic cancers -- one of the most difficult and deadly cancers to treat.

9 Dec 2020

Scientists discover new functions of key cellular machine involved in human cancers

Utah scientists have discovered new functions of a key cellular machine that regulates gene packaging and is mutated in 20% of human cancers. The study was published in print today in the journal Molecular Cell.

20 Nov 2020

Study shows how brain protein helps pancreatic cancer cells to survive

Researchers have discovered that a protein thought to only be involved in the development of neurons in the brain also plays a major role in the development and growth of pancreatic cancer.

19 Nov 2020

Study sheds new light on key protein implicated in tumor development

A study headed by the University of Colorado Boulder has revealed a specific protein that is crucial for regulating the growth, proliferation, and function of cells, and how these cells were long implicated in the development of tumors.

5 Nov 2020

Pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation by signaling to nerves, shows study

Pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation by signaling to nerves, which grow into dense tumors and secrete nutrients. This is the finding of a study with experiments in cancer cells, mice, and human tissue samples published online on November 2 in Cell.

3 Nov 2020

Checkpoint inhibitors offer a promising solution for hard-to-treat cancers

Cancer immunotherapies, which empower patients' immune systems to eliminate tumors, are revolutionizing cancer treatment. Many patients respond well to these treatments, sometimes experiencing long-lasting remissions. But some cancers remain difficult to treat with immunotherapy, and expanding the impact of the approach is a high priority.

2 Nov 2020

Pancreatic Cancer News and Research

Commonly used antidepressant drugs can also help the immune system to attack cancer

Odor-based test accurately distinguishes hard-to-detect cancers

New technology efficiently detects gene mutation in blood with low error rate

Adhesion strength and contractility enable metastatic cancer cells to display adurotactic behavior

New computational technique accurately differentiates between normal and cancer cells

New combination therapy could be effective in treating aggressive cancers with common mutations

Researchers identify way to disrupt the process that promotes pancreatic tumor growth

Scientists discover new functions of key cellular machine involved in human cancers

Study shows how brain protein helps pancreatic cancer cells to survive

Study sheds new light on key protein implicated in tumor development

Pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation by signaling to nerves, shows study

Checkpoint inhibitors offer a promising solution for hard-to-treat cancers

Experimental vaccine shows promise for treating and preventing cancer in mice

Researchers identify how melanoma redirects the immune system in cancer immunotherapy

Researchers develop a new technique to improve treatment for pancreatic cancer

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Researchers develop new models to study molecular characteristics of lung and pancreatic cancers

Researchers recreate pancreatic tissue 'in vitro' using 3D cell culture technique

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