Pancreatic Cancer News

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Alimta , the first drug available for maintenance therapy of advanced or metastatic lung cancer.

Iatrogenic perforation of cancer of the esophagus or the gastroesophageal junction is a severe complication.

Pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose. Most of the time it is discovered so late that death is almost imminent, but new research shows this disease may be prevented if people can control their weight.

The FDA has approved Alimta , the first drug available for maintenance therapy of advanced or metastatic lung cancer.

The headline of the letter to the editor, written by Andrew Balthazor, and published last week in the Express read: "Ill-informed article on cancer treatment." It began: "I applaud Prof Courtenay Bartholomew for dabbling in other specialities ." Naughty, naughty, Mr Balthazor.

A SENIOR general consultant surgeon, with more than twenty years experience, has spoken of his 'sadness' at the demise of services at Ipswich Hospital.

U.S. researchers say they've found a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of relapsed lung cancer.

Pancreatic cancer is often called a silent killer because symptoms usually dona t surface until the cancer is in its late stages.

Not too often does a concerned resident get to express her situation directly to someone who might make a difference.

Pfizer Inc said a late stage trial testing its cancer drug Sutent in advanced colon cancer was discontinued after it was deemed to be no more effective than standard chemotherapy.

Main Category: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 Polyp detection rates at screening colonoscopy; EUS-based criteria for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis In the June issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for ...

A woman diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told she had months to live sought a second opinion.

A new U.S. research suggested that people who eat lots of fat, especially from meat and dairy products, are more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, media reported on Monday.

A groundbreaking non-invasive breast cancer treatment will be unveiled at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition .

Reports this week of Steve Jobs's liver transplant in a Tennessee hospital raised questions about just how much information US corporations are obliged to release about their top executives.

Do investors, analysts, and Apple employees, for that matter, have the right to know the private details of Jobs's health, or is prying into the medical lives of CEOs unwarranted?

Jobs's health has been the subject of dogged curiosity among Silicon Valley insiders, technology reporters, and bloggers since he underwent surgery to treat pancreatic cancer in 2004. The interest grew even more intense when he began showing signs of weight loss and announced in January that he was taking a leave of absence from the Cupertino, Calif., company because of an undisclosed health issue.

Jun 29, 2009 - Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that it has signed an exclusive collaboration and option for license agreement with a top 20 global pharmaceutical company for the development of RX-3117. RX-3117 is a small ...

The latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association evaluates body mass index, age of onset, and survival in patients with pancreatic cancer.

New research from the US that studied the diet and health outcomes of over half a million people suggests that high consumption of dietary fat, especially from red meat and dairy food, is linked to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

With Apple set to launch its latest iPhone in Australia today, questions are being asked about how long its charismatic co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs will remain at the helm, writes Ed Pilkington.

Fat from red meat and dairy products can increase your risk for pancreatic cancer, researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute report.