Pancreatic Fat Is the Main Driver for Pancreatic Diseases Pancreatic Fat Is the Main Driver for Pancreatic Diseases
The diffused presence of fat within the pancreas was the single most important driver for diseases of both the exocrine pancreas and endocrine pancreas, a recent study reported.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastroenterology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
New £400,000 melanoma vaccine heralds start of 'cancer renaissance' as UK trials personalised jabs for lung, bowel, pancreas and liver tumours... but experts fear NHS can't afford them
The UK is entering a ' cancer renaissance' with pioneering personalised vaccines to combat some of the deadliest tumours expected by 2030, say leading experts. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother, 62, is diagnosed with world's deadliest cancer years in advance thanks to artificial-intelligence-powered blood test: 'AI saved my life, I won the lottery'
Despite being a picture of health, an AI-powered blood test in 2022 revealed that one of the world's deadliest cancers was silently forming in Ms Balon's pancreas. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Has Immunotherapy Found Its Place in Pancreatic Cancer? Has Immunotherapy Found Its Place in Pancreatic Cancer?
A new study suggested that adding nivolumab to neoadjuvant treatment improves outcomes in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Teamwork and a new nickname inspire patient through pancreatic cancer treatment
Dick Whetstone is working toward renewing his pilot's license after pancreatic cancer nearly took away his passion. When Walter "Dick" Whetstone leaves his home in central South Carolina, he's usually wearing a paw print or, at the least, his school colors of orange and purple. The proud Clemson University alumnus didn't realize that what he wore to an appointment would earn him a nickname and a chance to help others. In late 2020, Dick began… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 19, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Subclassification Can Tailor Surveillance for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- Subclassification of individuals at high risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC) can enable the development of surveillance approaches better tailored to risk, according to a study published online April 16 in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 17, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Pancreatic Enzyme Therapy Linked to Drop in Pediatric Acute Pancreatitis
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 -- Use of pancreatic enzyme therapy (PERT) is associated with a reduction in the incidence rate of acute pancreatitis (AP) among children with pancreatic sufficient acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) or chronic pancreatitis... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How white poop was a telltale sign I had lethal pancreatic cancer... aged just 32
Matthew Rosenblum of Michigan was just 32 when he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. He credits a combination chemo treatment for keeping him alive for three years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
If You'd Invested $2,000 in Apple in 2011, This Is How Much You Would Have Today
Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO on Aug. 24, 2011. Just six weeks later, Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer. At the time, many investors considered Jobs' death to be the end of an era. Jobs had returned to Apple on Sept. 16, 1997 -- exactly 12 years after being…#timcook #stevejobs #apple #imac #ipod #iphone #ipad #eps #applewatch #homepod (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neoadjuvant Chemo-IO Promising in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- A preoperative combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy (IO) appeared safe and effective for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer in a small pilot study, a researcher reported here.
In the phase I/II trial... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 11, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Liquid Biopsy Shows Promise in Detecting Pancreatic Cancer Liquid Biopsy Shows Promise in Detecting Pancreatic Cancer
A new screening test raises the possibility of catching pancreatic cancer earlier, when tumors can be removed, and patients cured.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Pathology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda
Growing up, Olivia Dreizen Howell, 39, “lived on” diet soda. So did her family. At a family reunion in 1996, everyone sported T-shirts with their shared surname in Diet Coke-can font. “We drank Diet Coke, Diet ginger ale, and Diet Sprite like water—there was no difference in our household,” she says.
Like many, Howell believed that sugar-free soda was a benign choice. But the latest research casts doubt on that assumption, linking diet drinks to mood disorders, fatty liver development, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, to name a few.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perri Ormont Blumberg Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
AACR: Exosome-Based miRNA Assay Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 -- An exosome-based liquid biopsy assay can distinguish patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) from healthy donors (HDs), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Blood Test Spots Early Pancreatic Cancers With 97% Accuracy
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 -- A blood test appears capable of detecting early-stage pancreatic cancers with up to 97% accuracy, a new study reports.The test looks for eight small RNA particles and eight larger DNA markers shed by pancreatic cancers,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Breakthrough in fight against world's deadliest cancer - new drug shrunk up to 70% of pancreatic tumors in lab study
An experimental drug for aggressive, deadly pancreatic cancer effectively shrunk nearly all tumors tested, a new lab study found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
