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Heavy Drinking Associated With Increased Risk of Death from Pancreatic Cancer
March 14, 2011 — Heavy alcohol consumption, specifically three or more glasses of liquor a day, is associated with an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer, according to a new ... > full story -
Synthetic Compound May Lead to Drugs to Fight Pancreatic, Lung Cancer
March 9, 2011 — Researchers have identified a chemical compound that may eventually lead to a drug that fights cancers that are dependent on a particular anti-viral enzyme for ... > full story -
Possible New Treatment Strategies for Pancreatic Cancer
March 3, 2011 — Researchers have identified a protein that can be modified to improve the effectiveness of one of the most common drugs used to treat pancreatic ... > full story -
Protein Fuels Inflammation in Pancreatic and Breast Tumors
February 21, 2011 — Two separate studies identify a protein that drives tumor-promoting inflammation in pancreatic and breast ... > full story -
Everolimus Improves Progression-Free Survival for Patients With Rare Pancreatic Cancer, Study Finds
February 9, 2011 — In an international Phase III randomized study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival for patients with ... > full story -
Genetic Code for Form of Pancreatic Cancer Cracked
January 21, 2011 — Scientists have deciphered the genetic code for a type of pancreatic cancer, called neuroendocrine or islet cell tumors. The work shows that patients whose tumors have certain coding "mistakes" live ... > full story -
Roundworm Unlocks Pancreatic Cancer Pathway
January 19, 2011 — Scientists took a step back to a simpler organism -- a common roundworm -- and made a discovery about how the Ras oncogene chooses a signaling pathway and how the consequences of that choice play out ... > full story -
Overexpression of Repetitive DNA Sequences Discovered in Common Tumor Cells
January 13, 2011 — Researchers have discovered massive overexpression of satellite repeats -- certain DNA sequences that do not code for proteins -- in some common tumor cells, findings that may improve knowledge of ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Way to Stop Pancreatic Cancer in Early Stages, Study Suggests
January 11, 2011 — Cancer researchers have found a way to stop early stage pancreatic cancer in research models -- a result that has far-reaching implications in chemoprevention for high-risk ... > full story -
Body Temperature Sensor, TRPM2, Promotes Insulin Secretion
January 4, 2011 — Researchers in Japan have found that the TRPM2 ion channel in pancreatic beta-cells is important for insulin secretion stimulated by glucose and gastrointestinal hormone (incretin) secreted after ... > full story
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