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Perfluorinated Chemicals Not Associated With Cancer In General Population, Study Suggests
April 7, 2009 Perfluorooctanoate and perfluorooctanesulfonate plasma concentrations are not associated with the risk of prostate, bladder, pancreatic, or liver cancer. according to new ... > full story -
Compendium Of Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Established As Strategic Approach To Early-Detection
April 6, 2009 A cancer scientist has convinced an international group of scientists to delay their race to find new cancer biomarkers and instead begin a 7,000-hour slog through a compendium of 50,000 scientific ... > full story -
HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor Induced Oxidative Stress In Pancreatic B-Cells: Thymoquinone Protection
March 25, 2009 Researchers have discovered that the HIV-1 protease inhibitors, such as nelfinavir included in highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 patients, induce deleterious ... > full story -
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World’s First Successful ViKY Robot-Assisted Surgery For Pancreatic Tumors
March 24, 2009 Doctors performed the world's first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY system's revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France ... > full story -
Obesity Associated With Worse Outcomes After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
March 16, 2009 Obese patients with a body mass index of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival and higher rates of recurrence following surgery ... > full story -
Tiny Samples Could Yield Big Predictive Markers For Pancreatic Cancer
March 10, 2009 A handful of proteins, detected in incredibly tiny amounts, may help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion in the pancreas and a potentially deadly one. If confirmed, these biomarkers could ... > full story -
RNA Interference Toward MMP-2 May Be An Effective Therapeutic Strategy For Cancer
March 9, 2009 Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive common tumors with an extremely poor prognosis. Matrix metalloproteinase-2can degrade type IV collagen and is associated with invasion angiogenesis of ... > full story -
'Personalized' Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error In Gene For Inherited Pancreatic Cancer
March 5, 2009 Scientists have used "personalized genome" sequencing on an individual with a hereditary form of pancreatic cancer to locate a mutation in a gene called PALB2 that is responsible for initiating the ... > full story -
Two Or More Drinks A Day May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk
March 3, 2009 Men and women who consume two or more alcoholic drinks a day could increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a new ... > full story -
Optical Techniques Show Continued Promise In Detecting Pancreatic Cancer
March 2, 2009 Optical technology has been shown to be effective in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer through analysis of neighboring tissue in the duodenum. The promising new technology uses novel ... > full story
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