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New discovery may lead to better treatment options for pancreatic cancer patients
New discovery may lead to better treatment options for pancreatic cancer patients
Pancreatic cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths, is projected to be the second by the year 2030, according to a study in the journal of Cancer Research.The five-year survival rate is only 8 percent, making it the only major cancer with a survival rate in the single digits.Despite rising mortality rates, pancreatic cancer is under-researched and underfunded, and there are few Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments to combat the disease.With the current pipeline for drug discovery taking 10 to 15 years from the laboratory to use, and an estimated 41,780 who will die from the disease this year alone, time is of the essence.
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Scientists identify potential new treatment for pancreatic cancer
Scientists identify potential new treatment for pancreatic cancer
NOTRE DAME, Ind., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Notre Dame say they have uncovered a new approach for treating pancreatic cancer.In a study led by Notre Dame professor Reginald Hill, medical scientists focused on FDA-approved drugs to find out why many of them don't work on pancreatic cancer.The team found that blocking the release of exosomes may help make chemotherapy more effective.Their findings were published in the journal Oncogene.
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Carla DiMaggio who lost son in 9/11 describes getting breast cancer treatment
Carla DiMaggio who lost son in 9/11 describes getting breast cancer treatment
A breast cancer diagnosis is the start of a lengthy and painful journey, through mastectomies, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and all its side effects.At best it takes two months to remove the disease.For 73-year-old Carla DiMaggio, after losing her firefighter son on 9/11 and four aunts to breast cancer at an early age, her diagnosis in 2014 came amid decades of grief.But there was one nugget of hope: she was eligible for a groundbreaking new two-hour procedure, that can have patients back in work and cancer-free within 10 days.
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