Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging forms of an already difficult disease. Despite relatively low incidence levels, it ranks seventh among causes of global cancer deaths in industrialized countries and was the third most common cause of cancer mortality in the United States in 2020. Because patients seldom experience symptoms until the disease has…

Pancreatic cancer is known as the “king of carcinoma” and is a highly fatal disease. Currently, it is the third leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, with a five-year survival rate of only 12 percent. Medical experts say that because there is no effective screening or early diagnosis method, exercising methods…

Located in the back of our abdomen, the pancreas is a long flattened organ and gland that is part of both our digestive and endocrine systems. The two main functions pancreas has are producing enzymes to help with digestion and sending the hormone insulin (among others) to control the blood glucose level in the body. Pancreatic…

An approved cancer therapeutic, once used in only 1 percent of cancers, may have significant uses in the remaining 99 percent, according to a new study. “Ivosidenib, previously called AG-120, may be applicable to the large majority of cancers,” said senior author Dr. Jordan Winter, division chief of surgical oncology at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in…

Marriott International Chief Executive Officer Arne Sorenson, who was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, has died, the company said on Tuesday. The first non-family member to head the hotel chain, Sorenson, 62, had earlier this month stepped back from full-time role to treat cancer that was diagnosed in 2019. Marriott said he died on Monday…