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UCLA – Histone Modifications Can Be Used to Predict Outcome and Treatment With Pancreas Cancer – Personalized Medici by Medical Quack Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted Thu 11 Feb 2010 3:11pm of patients with stage I or II pancreatic cancer from UCLA. Generallylow levels of histone modifications were found to be predictors of poor survival in both patient cohortsand... to the breast cancer study for inherited genes in short.  Pancreas cancer is so deadly and with having information up front relative to DNA findingsperhaps this might give some different Read on »
New Hope for UK Pancreas Cancer Patients by Dave W Healthy Living ProfessionalFacebook 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 Read on »
Circulating Tumor Cells for Assessing Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert Posted Thu 03 Jun 2010 12:00am survival in pancreatic cancer sufferers ), Below is an excerpt from it: Circulating tumour cells are associated with poorer survival in pancreatic cancer patients, a new American... tumour cells expressed the MUC1 protein, which has been associated with more aggressive pancreatic cancer, trended towards a shorter median overall survival than those whose Read on »
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 Read on »
Sugary Soft Drinks Linked to Pancreatic Cancer by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional 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 Read on »
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 Read on »
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 Read on »
Pancreatic Cancer Surprisingly Slow to Arise by Medline Plus Posted Wed 27 Oct 2010 11:00am . "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 Read on »
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 Read on »
Obesity Associated With Worse Outcomes After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery by Katherine B. Patient Expert 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 Read on »