News tagged with “pancreatic cancer”. Found:
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Cancer drug preserves insulin cells in diabetes
Boston :: MA :: USA | about 21 hours ago
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Rituxan, a drug used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, may help slow the development of newly discovered type 1 or juvenile diabetes, researchers reported on Wednesday. The drug may interfere with the body's mistaken destruction of the insulin-producing...
Tags: Boston, Health Medical Pharma, Biogen Idec, Monoclonal antibodies, Rituximab, Autoimmune diseases, Pancreatic cancer, Pharmaceutical companies, Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Diabetes mellitus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Autoimmune pancreatitis, Chronic pancreatitis, Papillary stenosis, Pancreatitis
Radiation therapy can boost longevity in rare pancreatic cancer patients
Ann Arbor :: MI :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility PNT is a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that can stay confined to the liver and often cause death from liver damage...Researchers at the departments of radiation oncology and internal medicine, division of hematology/oncology and comprehensive cancer...
Tags: radiation therapy, pancreatic cancer, rare pancreatic, EBRT, Ann Arbor, Medical physics, Radiobiology, Neuroendocrine tumor, Cancer, Oncology, Cancer treatments, Radiation oncology, Health Medical Pharma
Swayze dies of cancer
Bangkok :: Thailand | 6 days ago
Credibility Most people with metastatic pancreatic cancer will not live longer than a year," he said. Most pancreatic cancer cases are asymptomatic, meaning patients rarely exhibit symptoms of an illness. "There are a couple of things about pancreatic cancer and...
Tags: pancreatitis cancer, Dr. Jeffrey Hardacre, Patrick Swayze, swayze died, Thailand, Bangkok, Cancer, Chronic pancreatitis, Metastasis, Anal cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Oncology, Health Medical Pharma
Study of landfill cancer link flawed
Greensboro :: NC :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Demographics, not environmental factors, might explain an “elevated” number of pancreatic cancer cases near the White Street Landfill, according to the Guilford County Health Department. A recent state study found that the number of pancreatic cancer...
Tags: pancreatic cancer, Guilford County Health Department, Greensboro, Landfill, Gastrointestinal cancer, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Dan VanderPas column: Longtime Oshkosh North tennis coach and Menasha native Bill Van Lieshout determined to beat odds as he battles cancer
Menasha :: WI :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility He knows the average life expectancy for patients in his stage of the disease is six months. But he's determined to beat the odds. It started with back pains that led to surgery last July 29...After it was determined he had cancer, Van Lieshout said...
Tags: Bill Van Lieshout, Oshkosh North High School, Longtime Oshkosh North, pancreatic cancer, Menasha, Appleton Wisconsin, Fox River, Winnebago County Wisconsin, Lieshout, Oshkosh Wisconsin, allnews
Local woman battling pancreatic cancer
Somerset :: KY :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Somerset — When Diana Gunder began to feel pain in the upper right area of her back, she thought years of hard work had taken its toll. “It was just excruciating,” Diana said. She didn’t put the few days she’d felt nauseous with her back pain.
Tags: Diana Gunder, pancreatic cancerous, survival rate, Somerset, Occupational safety and health, Pathology, Pancreatic cancer, Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer, Oncology, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma
Banding together against pancreatic cancer
London :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago
Credibility Next week is the UK’s first Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Week. The cancer type attracts only a pitiful 1 per cent of all funding despite having the worst survival rate. A late sufferer of Pancreatic cancer Jason Boas established The No Surrender Charitable...
Tags: pancreatic cancer, United Kingdom, London, Gastrointestinal cancer, Cancer, Entertainment Culture, Health Medical Pharma
Veteran Jacksonville reporter faces new challenge in cancer fight
Jacksonville :: IL :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility I have been chronicling the ups and downs of my cancer since I was diagnosed March 10, the day after my 45th anniversary as a reporter for The Florida Times-Union. After four months without any treatment after a scan showed I was cancer-free, the latest...
Tags: lung cancer, Jacksonville, Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer, Pulmonology, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest
Cancer cases higher near landfill
Greensboro :: NC :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Researchers found more cases of pancreatic cancer than expected in residents who have lived near the White Street Landfill and a former dump site nearby, a state Department of Health and Human Services analysis shows. The findings, released to the city...
Tags: pancreatic cancers, white street, landfill cause, cancers analysis, cancers cases, Mark Smith, street landfill, Greensboro, Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Greensboro North Carolina, Landfill in the United States, Superfund sites, Waste management, Landfill, Health Medical Pharma
New nano-scale drug delivery system for chemotherapy
Mumbai :: India | 24 days ago
Credibility A research team led by Indian-origin scientist has developed a nano-scale drug delivery method that has been found to effectively eliminate cancer tumours after a single treatment. The Duke University study conducted over animal models revealed that after...
Tags: pancreatic cancer
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