Pancreatic Cancer News & Updates
- New Blood Test Promises Hope for Pancreatic Cancer
April 9, 2024 — Preliminary results showed that a type of blood test called a “liquid biopsy” was key to achieving a 97% accuracy rate at diagnosing the most common type of pancreatic cancer during early stages.
- Still Deadly, But People Are Living Longer With Pancreatic Cancer
January 19, 2024 — In the past 20 years, the five-year survival rate among people with pancreatic cancer has doubled and is now 13%.
- ‘Exciting Results’ for Vaccines Made From Pancreatic Tumors
May 11, 2023 — Using experimental vaccines made from people’s own pancreatic cancer tumors may have prevented the ferocious disease from coming back in half of those who got the treatment.
