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View Post: New developments in pancreatic cancer @AACR - Pharma Strategy Blog
24 Nov 2009 by MaverickNY  
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with a generally poor prognosis, largely because it is usually detected in late stage disease where chemotherapy options generally have a limited effect. Typically response rates with ...
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View Post: New class of drugs nips cancer growth in the bud cancer drugs ...
6 hours ago by IANS  
Washington, Sep 25 (ANI): Researchers have for the first time shown that inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1 could make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, paving the way for the development of a new drug to ...
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View Post: Welcome to the Naturopathic Family Care Blog: Happy Thanksgiving ...
12 hours ago by Jonathan (Jake) Psenka  
Pancreatic cancer tends to be a more difficult cancer to treat as it quickly becomes resistant to chemotherapy and can spread rapidl y as well. The authors of this study used a newer type of curcumin in the study called liposomal ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With ...
18 Nov 2009 by documentationinnursing  
Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With or Without Erlotinib Hydrochloride Followed By Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Has Been Removed By Surgery ...
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View Post: Cancer or inflammation? New pancreas test tells (Reuters) » World News
14 hours ago
Reuters – Researchers in Italy said on Wednesday they have developed a test that identifies most people with autoimmune pancreatitis, which could make it easier for doctors to distinguish it from pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest ...
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View Post: Abraxane for pancreatic cancer, melanoma to get speedier review in ...
10 Nov 2009 by pillscribe  
Treatment for pancreatic cancer may include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biological therapies and/or complementary and alternative therapies. Pancreatic cancer patients may receive one or more of these treatments. ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer! Can Alternative Medicines Really Work Against ...
14 Nov 2009 by Herb Alltree  
Two of these in particular 'Graviola' and Graviola Max are showing some quite remarkable results, often, in cases where traditional treatment and or chemotherapy don't work. What would you do if you had Pancreatic Cancer? ...
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View Post: Sindh Today – Online News » New class of drugs nips cancer growth ...
12 hours ago by SindhToday  
“Our experiments show that this new prodrug is much more active than the current gold-standard drug treatment for advanced or spreading lung and pancreatic cancer,” says Patterson. “It's very common for tumours to start re-growing after you stop administering this type of cancer drug. But after we stopped doses of this prodrug, the tumours still hadn't re-grown 30 days later. The prodrug appears to act like slow-release chemotherapy.” Patterson says they are not yet sure ...
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View Post: Seen Through a Glass: November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
3 Nov 2009 by Lew@LewBryson.com (Lew Bryson)  
... pancreatic cancer and its bleak prognosis over the next few weeks, "no easy way" loomed large in my mind. Our calendar seemed suddenly, cruelly short. We gained hope when we learned his tumor was small, more when chemotherapy and ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
21 Nov 2009 by health-guide  
Pancreatic cancer treatment options include surgery, radiationtherapy, chemotherapy, and drug therapy, which can all be applied at different locations in the pancreas, and sometimes in combination with each other. ...
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