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Wednesday, Jul 22
The Lives Of Pancreatic Cancer Patients Prolonged By New Drug Candidate
Every year, 42,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Few live very long, and less than 5% are still alive five years after diagnosis. There's new hope, though, from the lab of Prof. Yoel Kloog, dean of TAU's Faculty of Life Sciences. His drug compound Salirasib has shown positi...
Wednesday, Jun 17
Epeius Biotechnologies' Rexin-G Receives FDA Fast Track Designation For The Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer
Epeius Biotechnologies announced that its lead product, Rexin-G, has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a second-line treatment for advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Thursday, Jun 11
Newly Developed Quality Indicators Reveal Variability In Pancreatic Cancer Care
A set of expert consensus-based, quality-of-care indicators identified considerable variability in the quality of pancreatic cancer care among hospitals and may be used to evaluate and identify areas for improvement, according to a new study in the June 9 online issue of the Journal...
Tuesday, Jun 9
Research Team Formally Develops Quality Indicators To Assess Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
A groundbreaking study released today in the June 9 Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports on a set of expert consensus-based quality indicators to evaluate pancreatic cancer care across the United States.
Saturday, Jun 6
Critical Marker Of Response To Gemcitabine In Pancreatic Cancer Identified By Jefferson Researchers
A protein related to aggressive cancers can actually improve the efficacy of gemcitabine at treating pancreatic cancer, according to a Priority Report in Cancer Research, published by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University. The protein, called Hu antigen R (HuR), is a stress res...
