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View Post: What is pancreatic cancer and how do you get it?
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20 hours ago by admin   ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer – From Symptoms to Treatment
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27 Nov 2009 by Dita Faulkner   ...
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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: Cancer Prevention Help
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6 hours ago by vimsacin   ...
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View Post: Just Blog: Pancreatic Cancer Revealed
18 Nov 2009 by Lawyer Tells About Healthy and Technology  
MIT cancer biologists have identified a subpopulation of cells that can give rise to this disease. They also found that tumors can form in other, more mature pancreatic cell types, but only when they are injured or inflamed, ...
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View Post: IMMUNOLOGY : Target Health Global
15 hours ago by targethealth  
Autoimmune pancreatitis is characterized by an inflammatory process that leads to organ dysfunction. The cause of the disease is unknown, and while its autoimmune origin has been suggested it has never been proved. ... The results were validated in another series of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer: 14 of 15 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (93%) and 1 of 70 patients with pancreatic cancer (1%) had a positive test for anti-PBP peptide ...
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View Post: WellSister.com, Celebrating Black Women & Wellness » African ...
14 hours ago by lansley2  
Survival was similarly poor for pancreatic and gastric cancer patients regardless of race. In conducting a multivariate analysis, the research team found that African-American patients had a higher likelihood of dying from colorectal cancer ... were made for disease stage and presence or absence of a surgical procedure (hazard ratio = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.06 – 1.24). There was no association between survival and race for patients with esophagus, gastric or pancreatic cancer. ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial: Conatumumab, Gemcitabine ...
19 Nov 2009
Official Title: “A Phase I/II Study of Induction AMG 655 and Gemcitabine, Followed by AMG 655, Capecitabine and 3-D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT) With Subsequent Maintenance Therapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer” ... Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the pancreas; Locally advanced disease; Regional adenopathy; Unresectable disease based on institutional standardized criteria of unresectability; OR medically inoperable ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
21 Nov 2009 by health-guide  
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and pancreatic cancer is a disease that we definitely need to be aware of, because it often strikes without notice. The likelihood of recovery from pancreatic cancer is quite low—the ...
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View Post: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Week
16 Nov 2009
Ross Carter of the Pancreatic Society said: “We need to increase awareness of pancreatic cancer to raise the profile of this disease as many of the general public, patients and doctors are unaware that it is the 5th commonest cause of ...
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