Currently, no consensus exists regarding the definition of oligometastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, its necessary diagnostic measures, and potential treatment approaches. To address these ...

For decades, BMI—a calculation based on height and weight—has been the standard way to define obesity. A BMI of 30 or higher has previously been classified as obesity for most adults, while a BMI of ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden partnership between pancreatic cancer and the nervous system. Support cells in the pancreas lure nerve fibers, which then release signals that accelerate early ...

Current drugs for pancreatic cancer lose effectiveness within months because the tumor becomes resistant. Now, a group from Spain's National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has been able to avoid the ...

Researchers in Spain have developed a new therapy protocol that could revolutionize the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Notoriously aggressive and difficult to treat, pancreatic cancer is rarely ...

Spanish scientists say they have developed a potential breakthrough cure for treating pancreatic cancer, but the new therapy isn't ready for human use yet. Pancreatic cancer forms tumors in the ...

A major medical breakthrough might have been achieved while researching an eventual cure for pancreatic cancer, as a new study from scientists in Spain discovered that triple therapy could entirely ...

Researchers say they are making progress tackling pancreatic cancer tumors. Researchers achieved complete removal of pancreatic tumors in mice without resistance developing. Triple combination therapy ...

A four-biomarker blood panel of aminopeptidase N (ANPEP), polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR), CA19-9, and thrombospondin-2 (THBS2) enhanced the detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma ...

Pancreatic cancer treatment relies on surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, with surgery for non-metastatic, technically resectable tumors. Advances in chemotherapy, neoadjuvant approaches, and ...