Pancreatic

Obesity a risk for pancreatic cancer

A new study reveals that obesity raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, but this can be modified by exercise.Only one person in 20 can expect to live for more than five years after pancreatic cancer has been diagnosed and little has been known about how to prevent it (although smoking is a risk factor). So it's encouraging to learn that you can do something to lower your risk of this h...

New pancreatic surgery

People with disease of the pancreas can benefit from 'keyhole' surgery, according to a new study. Non-invasive - or 'keyhole' - surgery is increasing in popularity for a number of operations. It scores because there is no big scar and less time in hospital after the operation. Non-invasive surgery involves a tiny incision through which miniature instruments are inserted. The surgeon uses a comput...

Gene Therapy Destroys Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of cancers, affecting many people a year and having an extremely low survival rate. Pancreatic cancer is the most aggressive cancer and there are few palliative treatments. Using a new two-pronged attack, researchers were able to destroy deadly pancreatic cancer cells in the test tube and in lab animals. // The work was led by Dr. Paul B. Fishe...

Ulcer Surgery connected to danger of Pancreatic Cancer

A new research suggests that the patients who undergo surgery to remove their ulcers may be at increased risk of later developing pancreatic cancer. The investigators base their findings on an analysis of 2,000 patients who underwent an operation known as gastrectomy to remove their ulcers.// Peptic ulcers are sores located in the lining of the stomach or a portion of the small intesti...

Pancreatic Cancer may be linked to Diabetes

According to researchers, a new study strongly propose that diabetes newly diagnosed in people above 50 years, may be a sign of underlying early-stage pancreatic cancer.// Older patients whose diabetes began late in life were 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within three years following onset of diabetes.In the study, the link appeared especially pronounced for people i...

Aspirin usage linked with pancreatic cancer

The surprising finding worried doctors, who say women will now have to talk seriously with their physicians about the risk of taking a daily aspirin.// Pancreatic cancer affects only 31,000 Americans a year, but it kills virtually all its victims within three years. The study of 88,000 nurses found that those who took two or more aspirins a week for 20 years or more had a 58 per...

Tobacco Found To Trigger Familial Pancreatic Cancer

Tobacco may trigger early onset of pancreatic cancer in those with a genetic predisposition to the disease, according to a new study.// Pancreatic cancer is rare and has a 4-percent five-year survival rate. Only a small percentage of patients have the familial form. Researchers studied 826 patients with pancreatic cancer. Thirty of these patients had familial pancreatic cancer, in which...

Hope For Those With Pancreatic Cancer

According to researchers the identification of a key molecule that controls the growth, spread and survival of pancreatic cancer cells // could be a promising step toward new and better treatment options for pancreatic cancer . Researchers say they have discovered what role the GSK-3 Beta molecule plays in pancreatic cancer and that they have found the molecule is critical in pancreatic...

Case for dietary pattern and pancreatic cancer

In a study trying to find out the relationship between dietary pattern and pancreatic cancer, scientists// had conducted observations of 585 confirmed cases of pancreatic cancer and 4779 healthy people in Canada. The cancer that starts in the pancreas is pancreatic cancer and it spreads through the lymphatic system of the body. Till date only certain factors like smoking etc had been...

New protein found that could slow pancreatic cancer

Researchers have identified a new protein that can check the growth of pancreatic cancer//. Pancreatic cancer develops very fast and without many symptoms from which it can be identified. The cancer often resists interventions like chemotherapy and may be diagnosed at a time when even surgery may not be able to help the patients. Researchers from Dartmouth Medical School, US...

Pancreatic cancer risk

Obesity appears to significantly increase the risk of pancreatic cancer in both sexes,while moderate physical activity seems to reduce the risk even among obese individuals,says Dr. Dominique S. Michaud the head person of the research. Dr. Michaud from the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland and colleagues collected data from two large cohorts: 36,648 men, 40 to 75 years...

High-Vegetable & Fruit Diet Reduce The Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco have found that eating five or more servings of fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer by 50 per cent. The vegetables most strongly associated with increased // protection were onions, garlic, beans, yellow vegetables (such as carrots, yams, sweet potatoes, corn and yellow squash), dark leafy vegetable...

Intake Of Processed Meat And Fat Associated With Pancreatic Cancer

Excess intake of processed meats, red meat and pork can enhance the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study, published in the October 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.// Meat intake has been associated with risk of exocrine pancreatic cancer, but previous findings have been inconsistent. This association has been attributed to both the fat and choleste...

Gemcitabine with Capecitabine effective against pancreatic cancer

Combination of two chemotherapy drugs has found to be effective in treating patients with pancreatic cancer compared to use of single drug. A combination of Gemcitabine and Capecitabine has been found to decrease the number of deaths due to pancreatic cancer.// Early and effective to pancreatic cancer is very important as Pancreatic cancer is one of the most serious of all cancers. It develops wh...

New Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Holds Promise

A new vaccine for pancreatic cancer might help increase the life span of people who are suffering from the same. Pancreatic cancer happens to be the fourth leading cause of death from cancer //and is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Preliminary results from the cancer vaccine trial show that it improved the survival rates “from an average of about 63 percent one year after...

New Treatment Found For Pancreatic Cancer

A new treatment has been discovered for pancreatic cancer by researchers belonging to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, according to the Annals of Surgical Oncology//. As many as half the patients who were studied responded to the therapy which is reported to be a very high figure. The therapy contributes towards reducing the size of the tumors in addition to reducing the risk of the disease...

Vegetable Rich Diet Can Cut Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers from the University of California have now established that consumption of at least five portions of onions, garlic, beans, carrot, corn, dark leafy// vegetables and citrus fruits can cut the pancreatic risk by as much as 50%. The study is based on interview conducted among 532 pancreatic cancer patients and 1, 700 controls. The new research has been published in the Cancer, Epidemiol...

Avastin under trial to test efficacy for pancreatic tumours!

Northwestern Memorial Hospital along with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is conducting a Phase II clinical trial to determine if avastin is effective in pancreatic tumours.// The drug also known as bevacizumab is an anti-angiogenesis drug that is designed to inhibit the growth of blood vessels in tumours. The test is being done to see that it in combination...

Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Successful in 80-Year-Olds

An analysis of records of pancreatic surgery during the last 35 years at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore by pancreatic cancer surgeon// Charles J. Yeo, M.D., Samuel D. Gross Professor and chair of surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center, and his colleagues have revealed...

Transplanted Pancreatic Tissue Could Help Diabetics

Millions of diabetics battle their illness with daily doses of insulin injections. However in people suffering with juvenile diabetes, transplants of the pancreatic tissue// could help solve the problem. Diabetes brings with it complications like blindness, amputation, kidney failure, and heart disease. Unfortunately, there are not nearly enough organ donors available for transplantat...

Increased risk Of Pancreatic Cancer Associated With Red Meat

Swedish researchers have reported in the International Journal of Cancer that a diet high on red meat could increase the risk of pancreatic cancer//. Explaining about the risk involved with the consumption of red meat, Swedish researchers have also said that the diet of poultry meat might cut down on the risks.Pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal cancers, occurring largely, be...

Vitamin D May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk by Nearly Half

Consumption of Vitamin D tablets was found to cut the risk of pancreatic cancer nearly in half, according to a study led// by researchers at Northwestern and Harvard universities. The findings point to Vitamin D’s potential to prevent the disease, and is one of the first known studies to use a large-scale epidemiological survey to examine the relationship between the nutrient and cance...

Sugary drinks increase Pancreatic cancer risk

According to a recent study, the risk of developing pancreatic cancer increases by 90% with the intake of at least two sugar-based drinks. // Pancreatic cancer risk was 70% higher in people who added sugar to any food or drink at least 5 times a day when compared with those who added no sugar. In spite of high sugar intake been already considered as a risk factor, it is for t...

Gums Disease May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US. Smokers form the majority of those who are usually affected // It is one of the most deadly cancers, largely because it escapes detection until it has spread to other parts. Only about five percent of pancreatic cancer patients survive the first five years after being diagnosed. Lately, it has been...

Gene Discovered by Researchers Tied to Pancreatic Cancer

A gene discovered by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has been associated with two forms of pancreatic cancer//, according to a study by an international group of researchers. The gene, called palladin, was discovered six years ago by Dr. Carol Otey and her former student, Dr. Mana Parast, now a pathology fellow with Brigham and Women’s...

Team Discovers a Gene That Causes Familial Pancreatic Cancer

An international group of researchers has discovered that the mutated form of a gene called Palladin causes familial pancreatic cancer. The findings may help explain why the// disease is so deadly. The research project was led by Dr. Teri Brentnall, University of Washington associate professor of medicine, and supported by The Lustgarten Foundation, Canary Foundation, and other private sources. <...

Study: Older Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Survivors Live Long

A new study by researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, shows that pancreatic cancer patients //65 or older who live at least five years after surgery have nearly as good a chance as anyone else to live another five years. Researchers reviewed the records of 890 patients with pancreatic cancer who u...

Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.; more than 30,000 Americans are expected to die from the disease this year.// Pancreatic cancer is an extremely difficult cancer to treat and little is known about what causes it. One established risk factor in pancreatic cancer is cigarette smoking; other links have been made to obesity, diabetes type 2 and ins...

Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy Can Work for Pancreatic Cancer

In the largest single-institution retrospective study to date, researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have shown that giving patients// both radiation and chemotherapy after completely removing invasive pancreatic cancer may improve overall survival rates. The American Cancer Society reports that while the incidence of pancreatic cancer has decreased over the last few years, it rem...

Scientists Identify Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells

Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical Center have, for the first time, identified human pancreatic cancer stem cells.// Their work indicates that these cells are likely responsible for the aggressive tumor growth, progression, and metastasis that define this deadly cancer. In the February 1 issue of Cancer Research, the researchers demonstrate that only 100 of these stem cel...

Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Pancreatic Cancer

It's already been established that type 2 diabetes increases the risk of pancreatic cancer. And now, research indicates// there is also a link between type 1 diabetes and this type of cancer. The risk is relatively small -- but still, those with type 1 diabetes have a likelihood of developing pancreatic cancer that is twice as high as in non-diabetics. This is similar to the risk thos...

MSU Research Strengthens Link Between Smoking, Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers at Michigan State University have added yet another piece to the puzzle that links cigarette smoking with cancer of the pancreas, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. // In research published in the recent issue of the International Journal of Cancer, MSU’s James Trosko and colleagues zeroed in on the mechanism by which a healthy cell turns cancerous. Specific...

Genetic Pathways to Curable and Incurable Forms of Pancreatic Cancer Identified

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an almost uniformly fatal disease regardless of the stage at time of diagnosis. However, a small percentage //of patients develop a form of ductal adenocarcinoma associated with cystic lesions that can be detected earlier, is less aggressive and has a 50 percent long-term survival rate. Why cystic ductal pancreatic cancer behaves differently, despite carrying t...

Popular Herbal Supplement Hinders the Growth of Pancreatic Cancer Cells

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute suggests that a commonly used herbal supplement, triphala, has cancer-fighting properties// that prevent or slow the growth of pancreatic cancer tumors implanted in mice. The study found that an extract of triphala, the dried and powdered fruits of three plants, caused pancreatic cancer cells to die through a process called apoptosis...

Vaccine for Pancreatic Cancer Halts Progression of Disease in Some Patients

A dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer developed has successfully stalled the disease from progressing in a handful of patients three years// post-vaccination. The results provide promising evidence that the vaccine can trigger a patient’s own immune system to rally against pancreatic cancer and offer new insights into how the vaccine could be made even more effective. <...

Cell Genesys Reports Additional Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Cell Genesys, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEGE) today announced follow-up data from a Phase 2 clinical trial of GVAX immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer which was conducted by the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. The trial enrolled 60 patients with operable pancreatic cancer who received GVAX after surgical resection of their tumor and adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy. The median overall survival...

Dietary Vitamin B6, B12 and Folate, may Decrease Pancreatic Cancer Risk Among Leans

PHILADELPHIA − Researchers exploring the notion that certain nutrients might protect against pancreatic cancer found that lean individuals who got most of these nutrients from food were protected against developing cancer. The study also suggests this protective effect does not hold true if the nutrients come from vitamin supplements. In a study published in the June 1 issue...

Use of Swedish 'snus' is Linked to a Doubled Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

People who use Swedish moist snuff (snus) run twice the risk of developing cancer of the pancreas. This is the main result of a follow-up study conducted by Karolinska Institutet researchers amongst almost 300,000 male construction workers. The study is published today online in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. Tobacco smoking is a known risk factor for pancreatic cancer...

Scientists Identify New Possible 'biomarker' for Pancreatic Cancer

University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a specific cell receptor, which they say is a potential biological target for pancreatic cancer. Led by Dr. Andrew Lowy and Dr. Susan Waltz, the study found that the RON receptor tyrosine kinase was "over-expressed" in pancreatic cancer cells, suggesting that the receptor may also contribute to the disease's development. <b...

New Tumor Markers for Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer(PC) has the poorest prognosis of all cancers: the survival rate after five years with the disease is less than 5% and on average , patients who have been diagnosed with it do not live longer than six months. The modus operandi of cells is well known: the genes (DNA) are the masterminds of the system and their role is to give orders. Those orders are transmitted in th...