SNMMI: PET tracer describes clear cell renal cancer
A new PET tracer can accurately detect and differentiate a certain type of kidne...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: SNMMI Image of the Year shows potential for pancreatic cancer theranostics PET tracer images brain cholesterol metabolism SNMMI: PET leads in developing new breast cancer therapy SNMMI: New theranostics pair shows promise in pancreatic cancer SNMMI: New technology improves whole-body PET image quality (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

SNMMI Image of the Year shows potential for pancreatic cancer theranostics
CHICAGO - A new theranostic pair for imaging and treatment of pancreatic cance...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: SNMMI Image of the Year predicts poor outcomes after heart attack SNMMI's Image of the Year shows COVID-19's long-term neuro effects SNMMI 2020: Image of the Year scans reveal 'super-agers' SNMMI: Multicancer radiotracer wins Image of the Year SNMMI: Theranostic agent awarded Image of the Year (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Scientists Say They ’ve Reached ‘Turning Point’ in Cancer Research With Vaccines
SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years. These aren’t traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains reported this year for deadly skin cancer melanoma and pancreatic cancer. “We’re getting something to work. Now we need to get it to work better,” said Dr. James Gulley, who help...
Source: TIME: Health - June 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carla K. Johnson / AP Tags: Uncategorized Cancer wire Source Type: news

Scientists Say They ’ve Reached Turning Point in Cancer Research With Vaccines
SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years. These aren’t traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains reported this year for deadly skin cancer melanoma and pancreatic cancer. More from TIME [video id=W5jcvwLu autostart="viewable"] “We’re getting something to work. Now we need to get...
Source: TIME: Health - June 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carla K. Johnson / AP Tags: Uncategorized Cancer wire Source Type: news

SNMMI: New theranostics pair shows promise in pancreatic cancer
CHICAGO - A new theranostics imaging and treatment approach shows promise i...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: PET/MRI emerges as a valuable theranostics technology UCLA Health to open new theranostics center SNMMI highlights prostate cancer study In 2023 and beyond, AI is redefining radiology PET/CT predicts survival outcomes in immunotherapy patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 24, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Slow-Growing and Often Curable
MONDAY, June 19, 2023 -- Pancreatic cancer is often considered a death sentence, typically aggressive and usually caught late, but there is one type of pancreatic cancer that is far more treatable. While over 90% of pancreatic cancers are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AI could predict pancreatic cancer early in some cases, study shows
In the analysis, an artificial intelligence tool successfully pinpointed people at elevated risk for pancreatic cancer by looking back at their medical records. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news

Iowa dad, 39, with stage four pancreatic cancer nearly loses access to life-saving chemo drug
Ryan Dwars, 39, a special education teacher from Iowa City, Iowa, nearly had to go without cisplatin, the chemo drug he takes for stage IV pancreatic cancer, the third deadliest cancer in the US. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Promising vaccine could treat two deadliest and fastest-rising forms of cancer, early study shows
A phase 1, first-in-human trial showed that an off-the-shelf vaccine lowered the risk of relapse in patients with colon and pancreatic cancer. It does this by attacking the KRAS mutation in the cancers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Neoadjuvant Chemo Flops Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy failed to match upfront surgery for survival in resectable pancreatic cancer, a small randomized trial showed. Unexpectedly, patients assigned to surgery first lived more than a year longer... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 4, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

UK trials for cancer breath tests reach final stages
Quick and simple tests in GP surgeries could detect cancer of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, colon or liverSimply blowing into a bag at a GP ’s surgery could show that a patient has cancer. That is the aim of an ambitious new project that is going through its final clinical trials in the UK. If successful,cancer breath tests could be used in a few years in order topinpoint a range of tumours in the early stages of their development.The technique is primarily aimed atdetecting cancers of the gut, including those of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas and colon, but could also be used to pinpoint cases of liver cancer. I...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 4, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Science Editor Tags: Cancer Health Medical research Science Medicine UK news Source Type: news

Olaparib Gains BRCA-Mutated Prostate Cancer Indication Olaparib Gains BRCA-Mutated Prostate Cancer Indication
The new indication adds to the PARP inhibitor ' s previous approvals for HRR-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer as well as for ovarian, breast, and pancreatic cancer indications.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Urology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Urology Headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Alert Source Type: news

ASCO: Minimally Invasive Noninferior to Open Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
THURSDAY, June 1, 2023 -- For patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) is noninferior to open distal pancreatectomy (ODP), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Six warning signs of pancreatic cancer that can appear 'months' before diagnosis
Pain that is made worse by eating and drinking could be a red flag sign, according to a doctor. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Awe-inspiring stories from Cancer Research UK's drive to raise millions to help conquer disease
The 41-year-old mother-of-two with incurable breast cancer, running to give hope to others facing an uncertain future. The woman racing to boost funding for pancreatic cancer research. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news