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Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to a...
New investigation results, 'Racial differences in cancer specialist consultation, treatment, and outcomes for locoregional pancreatic adenocarcinoma,' are detailed in a study published in Annals of Surgical Oncology. "Blacks...
From ANI Washington, Nov 21: People with rare pancreatic cancer, called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PNTs), might live longer if treated with radiation therapy, says a study. The researchers found that this method is...
A 67 year old man was referred for an EUS of an incidental pancreatic mass lesion. His past medical history included a colorectal cancer resected 18 year ago. He was admitted to the hospital 1 month prior to the EUS for one...
A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer - and that only age is a contributing factor. The results contradict a previous study in 2008 that suggested a link between...
There are minimal data assessing the relationship between diabetes with gallbladder, biliary and pancreatic cancer. Recent small studies have suggested an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer only in patients with diabetes...
PATRICK SWAYZE began preparing for death from the very first moment he was told of the cancer diagnosis, according to his widow LISA NIEMI. The Ghost star lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in September (09), less than two...
Nov 19 2009 by Sarah Judd, Evening Gazette A TEESSIDE cancer survivor has been overwhelmed by the generosity of Gazette readers who donated funds towards her Mount Kilimanjaro adventure. Mandy Connor, 41, from Berwick Hills,...
Survival rates from pancreatic cancer have not improved in 30 years There have been calls for more funding for research into pancreatic cancer because survival rates have changed little in 40 years. As BBC Scotland's health...
Jack of all trades, master of many. Died Aug. 26 in St. John's of pancreatic cancer, aged 83. From Thursday's Globe and Mail The title of his favourite Newfoundland folk song, Eddie Coffey's Jack of All Trades , is a fitting...
