pancreatic

Giving patients with operable pancreatic cancers a three-pronged combination immunotherapy treatment consisting of the pancreatic cancer vaccine GVAX, the immune checkpoint therapy nivolumab and urelemab, an anti-CD137 agonist antibody…

Mutations in the KRAS gene are the major driver of pancreatic cancer. The resulting protein controls multiple signaling pathways involved in cell growth and survival. In cancer, the gene is mutated to be permanently "on," driving cells to…

A father-of-two in Iowa fighting one of the world's deadliest cancers was nearly left without his life-saving chemotherapy because of the national drug shortage.Ryan Dwars, 39, a special education teacher in the state's capital, had been…

Pancreatic cancer, dubbed the 'silent killer' due to its subtle symptoms, has claimed the life of The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke.His former bandmate Johnny Marr announced the tragic news on Twitter this morning, describing Rourke, aged 59,…

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have discovered a new nutrient source that pancreatic cancer cells use to grow. The molecule, uridine, offers insight into both biochemical processes and possible therapeutic…

A breakthrough pancreatic cancer vaccine prevented the disease from returning in half of patients who received it.The mRNA vaccines are developed by BioNTech, which also created the widely used Pfizer Covid shot with the same technology,…

Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting at a restaurant in a deconsecrated church hospital in Mainz, Germany, drew up an audacious plan: They would test their novel cancer vaccine against one of the most virulent forms of…

A breakthrough AI model can determine a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer with staggering accuracy, research suggests.Using medical records and information from previous scans, the AI was able to flag patients at a high risk of…

An E! News TV host is thanking God for the opportunity to welcome her baby girl after surviving Stage 2 pancreatic cancer. Maria Menounos, 44, and her husband Keven Undergaro struggled for 10 years to get pregnant. In February, the couple…

'You can't let fear get in the way': Menounos (pictured in December) underwent a successful surgery to remove a 3.9-centimeter tumorTV star Maria Menounos has revealed she has been secretly battling one of the most deadly forms of…