For the first time in 30 years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for an inoperable type of pancreatic cancer​.

Optune Pax® with the chemotherapy combination of gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel is the first treatment to be FDA approved in nearly 30 years for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Ramadevi Subramani Reddy, Ph.D., remembers the neem tree from her childhood in India - a plant her grandmother used to treat everything from fevers to infections. Now, in her Texas Tech Health El Paso ...

Doctors may soon have a new tool in the fight against one of the most aggressive and lethal forms of cancer—in the form of an 'early warning' signature of precancerous cells. This is the promise of a ...

A newly discovered link between pancreatic cancer and neural signaling reveals a promising drug target that slows tumor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While every cancer is daunting, pancreatic cancer is particularly alarming because of its notoriously low cure rate. There’s no ...

Stool changes with pancreatic cancer can include diarrhea, foul-smelling stool, constipation, and changes in stool color. The pancreas is an organ between the stomach and the spine that helps the body ...

Early clinical and preclinical results are showing that experimental mRNA and nanoparticle vaccines produced measurable immune responses against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, and ...

Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University have developed a blood test called PAC-MANN that is said to be less invasive, cheaper and more robust than traditional screening methods for ...

Pancreatic cancer has a reputation for being one of the deadliest malignancies, in part because it is often diagnosed late and progresses quickly. While genetics and age play a role, a growing body of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spanish scientists say they have developed a potential breakthrough cure for treating pancreatic cancer, but the new therapy isn't ...

A feature of pancreatic cancer cells' surroundings determines whether they grow fast or become resistant to chemotherapy, a ...