Pancreatic Cancer

Scientists discover critical cause of pancreatic cancer spread

Researchers found that a couple of molecules that nerve cells use to grow during development could help explain why the most common pancreatic cancers...

Vitamin A may improve therapy for pancreatic cancer

An early study from the Queen Mary University of London found that the addition of high doses of a form of vitamin A could...

A new blood test could detect pancreatic cancer very early

In a study from Lund University, scientists found a blood test can detect pancreatic cancer in the very earliest stages of the disease. Pancreatic cancer...

Stanford research creates new vaccine to prevent pancreatic cancer

Scientists from Stanford University advanced an old concept to develop a new strategy to train the immune system of mice to recognize cancer cells. This...

Harvard study shows new way to predict risk of pancreatic cancer

In a study from Harvard University, scientists found artificial intelligence (AI) model trained with electronic health records could identify people with a much higher...

This blood test could detect very early pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is currently very difficult to detect while it is still resectable. Scientists from Lund University found a blood test can detect pancreatic cancer...

New screening tool detects 95% of stage 1 pancreatic cancer

Scientists from UC San Diego found a novel screening platform has flagged more than 95% of stage 1 cancers. If validated by future studies, the...

Scientists develop new vaccine to protect against pancreatic cancer

Vaccines can prevent infections effectively by training the immune system to recognize agents foreign to the body, such as viruses, and eliminate them. Vaccines can...

Scientists show the cause of common pancreatic cancer

Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute found a protein that drives the growth of the most common pancreatic cancer. It could be a target...

Scientists find the cause of most common pancreatic cancer

The most common type of pancreatic cancer is pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. This is aggressive cancer that develops from secretory and tubular cells of the...