by Queen Mary, University of London Pancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer Institute Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have identified a protein that could be used to aid in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Findings from the new study suggest that a protein called pentraxin 3...
by University of Birmingham Pancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer Institute A University of Birmingham-led study has found almost half of people diagnosed within inoperable pancreatic cancer are not prescribed inexpensive yet essential tablets without which they cannot digest food—placing them at risk of starvation or being...
by International Society for Stem Cell Research Microscope And Digital Camera. Credit: Richard Wheeler/ Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 New research by Joseph Wu, Edgar Engelman, and colleagues at Stanford University, U.S., has advanced an old concept to develop a new strategy to train the immune system of mice to recognize cancer cells. This work is based on the...
by University of Oklahoma Min Li, Ph.D. Credit: OU Medicine With an overall survival rate of 9% for those diagnosed, pancreatic cancer remains exceedingly difficult to treat. However, the patient’s primary tumor typically isn’t what leads to death—it is the cancer’s ability to evade detection and metastasize to other organs. A team of researchers at the OU College...
by University of California – San Diego Cancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of Health Every 12 minutes, someone in the United States dies of pancreatic cancer, which is often diagnosed late, spreads rapidly and has a five-year survival rate at approximately 10 percent. Treatment may involve radiation, surgery and chemotherapy, though often the...
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: CC0 Public Domain Inflammation in the blood could serve as a new biomarker to help identify patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who won’t respond to the immune-stimulating drugs known as CD40 agonists, suggests a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of...
by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Axial CT image with i.v. contrast. Macrocystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Credit: public domain Like weeds sprouting from cracks in the pavement, cancer often forms in sites of tissue damage. That damage could be an infection, a physical wound, or some type of inflammation. Common examples include stomach cancer...
VETERANS AFFAIRS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS IMAGE: STUDY RESEARCHERS DRS. SNIGDHA BANERJEE, SUMAN KAMBHAMPATI, SUSHANTA BANERJEE, AND A COLLEAGUE EXAMINE A PANCREATIC CANCER IMAGE. CREDIT: JEFF GATES Researchers with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and North Dakota State University have designed a new way to deliver pancreatic cancer drugs that could make fighting the disease much easier. Encapsulating...
by Queen Mary, University of London A pancreatic islet from a mouse in a typical position, close to a blood vessel; insulin in red, nuclei in blue. Credit: Generated in the Solimena lab, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, have identified a protein that may represent a novel therapeutic target for the...
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: CANCER RESEARCHERS AT RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SHOW EVIDENCE SUGGESTING A LINK BETWEEN OPIOID CONSUMPTION AND THE RISK OF PANCREATIC CANCER CREDIT: RUSH PRODUCTION GROUP Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that opioid use might increase a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Published Jan. 6, the study, titled...
