Gene that helps cancer cells spread throughout the body

October 9, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Expression of Gstt1 enables the cells to change the surrounding environment to support their growth. The findings could lead to new strategies to treat metastatic cancer and would be particularly

New 3D technique reveals precancerous pancreatic lesions

October 9, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center’s Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center have developed a 3D genomic profiling technique to identify small precancerous lesions in the pancreas —

Chemotherapy before surgery benefits some patients with pancreatic cancer

October 9, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Patients with pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy both before and after surgery experienced longer survival rates than would be expected from surgery followed by chemotherapy, according to a new study

AI model to improve patient response to cancer therapy

October 9, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help to select the most suitable treatment for cancer patients has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). DeepPT,

Discovery suggests opportunity to improve effectiveness of KRAS inhibitors against pancreatic cancer

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Mutations in the KRAS gene are the primary driver of pancreatic cancer. A new class of drugs known as KRAS inhibitors is showing initial promise in clinical trials, but many

Faster detection of pancreatic cancer

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal forms of cancer, primarily because it is usually diagnosed very late. Current markers are too insensitive and unspecific for early detection screenings.

New anti-CKAP4 antibodies deliver hope for pancreatic cancer treatment

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease with few available treatments. Thankfully, researchers are hard at work to improve treatment options, and researchers from Japan have now unveiled something promising. In

Old chemo drug, new pancreatic cancer therapy?

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Douglas Fearon discovered that treating pancreatic cancer with a common chemotherapy drug makes immunotherapy more effective. Folinic acid elevates levels of two anti-cancer immune molecules

New pancreatic cancer treatment proves effective in shrinking, clearing tumors

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and UMass Chan Medical School have demonstrated in mice a new method to combat pancreatic cancer. The study, published in Science Translational Medicine,

Pancreatic cancer: Study finds most early staging inaccurate

October 8, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Staging of patients with early pancreatic cancer is inaccurate as much as 80% of the time, according to a new Cedars-Sinai Cancer study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA. The