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Pancreas Cancer Survival - Articles
New Hope for UK Pancreas Cancer Patients
by
Dave W
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:05pm
to in Capital Health ’s Bob Davidson, gives an upbeat message for patients diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas.
He says: “Things are changing. Over recent years there have been significant advances in the treatment of pancreas cancer, which traditionally carried a poor outcome. All patients are now managed in specialist pancreas cancer centres and particular
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Pancreatic cancer: a deadly disease
by
Dr. Nagaraj
Posted
Tue 03 Nov 2009 8:38am
What is Pancreatic Cancer?
The pancreas is a long, flat gland that lies in the abdomen behind the stomach. It produces enzymes that aid digestion and certain hormones.... There are also no symptoms until the cancer has begun to spread, which accounts for the cancer's dismal survival rate.
Pancreas cancer remains one of the most lethal forms of human cancer
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Sugary Soft Drinks Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
by
Connie Bennett
Posted
Tue 09 Feb 2010 12:00am
of the pancreas, as Yahoo News reports.
This study was the first time researchers studied Asians to learn how soda and juice may play a role in developing pancreatic cancer. It make sense...-filled soft drinks.
Yet another new medical study now points to excess sugar as the likely reason for potentially deadly pancreatic cancer.
This study -- published in Cancer
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Soda and pancreatic cancer
by
Biochemista
Posted
Tue 16 Feb 2010 11:29am
drinks, only 2 per week (!) to pancreatic cancer, among the most fatal forms of cancer.
From the article:
Carcinoma of the pancreas is a serious medical and public health problem because of the late presentation of symptoms, high metastatic potential, inadequate therapeutic choices, and lack of primary prevention strategy. Pancreatic cancer
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Soda and pancreatic cancer
by
Biochemista
Posted
Tue 16 Feb 2010 11:29am
drinksonly 2 per week (!) to pancreatic canceramong the most fatal forms of cancer.
From the article:
Carcinoma of the pancreas is a serious medical and public health problem because of the late presentation of symptomshigh metastatic potentialinadequate therapeutic choicesand lack of primary prevention strategy. Pancreatic cancer is among
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Pancreatic Cancer Surprisingly Slow to Arise
by
Medline Plus
Posted
Wed 27 Oct 2010 11:00am
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"I think [the data] is a major step toward impacting the survival rate of pancreatic cancer," added Iacobuzio-Donahue, associate professor of pathology and oncology at the Sol... News) -- Pancreatic cancer takes much longer to develop than commonly thought, say researchers who found a lag time of at least a decade between the emergence of key mutations
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Role of 5FU is pancreatic cancer progressing after gemcitabine
by
Mark Levin
Posted
Fri 20 Nov 2009 10:02pm
cancer of the pancreas.
NCCN recommends 5FU, 5FU/leukovorin or CapeOx and points out that addition of oxaliplatin improves overal survival.
Practice guideline - http...
5 florouracyl is an older drug but it has some resposne in pancreatic cancer, as does its analogue, Xeloda. Unfortunately its role in combination patients who progressed
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Obesity Associated With Worse Outcomes After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
by
Katherine B.
Posted
Tue 17 Mar 2009 4:13am
CHICAGO – Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival and higher rates of recurrence following surgery for pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Obesity
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