Pancreatic Cancer

Chemoprevention Gene Therapy Technique May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University might have come upon a method that will effectively address pancreatic cancer, one of the most pernicious diseases having no real treatment options. In the July issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, the researchers showed that combining a dietary agent with a gene-delivered cytokine effectively eliminates human pancreatic cancer cells in mice displaying sensitivity to these highly aggressive and lethal cancer cells. Cytokines are a category ...

Vitamin C and cancer

It’s time for another ride on ‘vitamin C cures cancer’ rollercoaster. Some readers may recall that chemist Linus Pauling took a long ride a while ago and was never quite the same after. Exercise caution people. In a paper published this week in PNAS Qi Chen, of the US National Institutes of Health, and colleagues show that injected vitamin C (ascorbate) can halve the growth rate of tumours in mice. The team tested vitamin C injections in mice with rapidly spreading ovarian, pancreatic, and...

You fool! This isn't an audience. It's a trial! H.G. Wells

Click images for desktop size: "Lion Waiting in Nambia" by Unknown Bad news on the cat front. She's still alive but early this morning she started mewling. When I checked it seemed she'd lost the use of her back legs. I examined her pretty fully and could see nothing surface apparent. My little dog who got pancreatic cancer; after her surgery she had to stay in a crate for almost two weeks. Like a bedridden human her tendons shortened and she had trouble walking when she was finally released fro...

Inspiring computer professor Randy Pausch dies

Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor who inspired millions through his "last lecture", died at his home in Virginia on Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. (Credit: Randy Pausch) Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2006. And his popular "last lecture" at ...

'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Dies

Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch became a YouTube sensation when one of his lectures was posted online. A published version of that lecture became a best-selling book. Pausch died Thursday night after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Circling the Family Wagon...

I'm back in Jacksonville, soon to be in Gainesville, FL. I'm here to provide moral support for my Mom and my Dad while Mom goes through the next phase of dealing with her recently diagnosed pancreatic cancer,the surgery to remove...

Patrick Swayze?s Miracle Recovery

Things weren’t looking too great for Patrick Swayze earlier this year when it was announced that he was fighting pancreatic cancer. But the “Dirty Dancing” stud recently announced that he’s doing much better. The paparazzi caught up to the “Ghost” hunk at LAX airport yesterday (July 20th) and saw a rejuvenated and spry man. He told them, “I’m a miracle dude…I don’t know why.”

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Launches Platinum Visa Credit Card to Raise Awareness for the Fourth Leading Cause of C...

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Women: Obesity Boosts Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Carrying extra weight around the stomach ups a woman’s pancreatic cancer risk by 70 percent. Reuters reports: The findings suggest are some of the first evidence that the link between obesity and pancreatic cancer is as strong in women as in men, Juhua Luo of Sweden's Karolinska Institute and colleagues reported in the British Journal of Cancer. "We found that the risk of developing pancreatic cancer was significantly raised in obese postmenopausal women who carry most of their excess weight ...

Efficacy of gemcitabine plus axitinib compared with gemcitabine alone in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: an o...

Jean-Philippe Spano, Catherine Chodkiewicz, Joan Maurel, Ralph Wong, et al. The Lancet. London: Jun 21-Jun 27, 2008. Vol. 371, Iss. 9630; p. 2101 (8 pages) Available Formats: Abstract