The vaccine targeted mutations created by pancreatic cancer. As cancer cells rapidly divide in the body, they accumulate genetic errors, Balachandran said. Those errors could serve as "red flags ...

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Chemoradiation is considered a reasonable treatment option for patients with locally advanced, unresectable pancreatic cancer. The chemotherapy agents 5-fluorouracil, gemcitabine, capecitabine and ...

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Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose early, with almost half of patients presenting with metastatic disease. Now, a growing body of evidence indicates that ...

The San Francisco biotech confirmed that neither the PanCAN Precision Promise study in metastatic pancreatic cancer nor the LAPIS trial in patients with locally advanced, unresectable pancreatic ...

A year ago, Torres had a baseball-sized tumor removed from her pancreas at UCI Medical Center ... It’s amazing how fast the body can heal in such a short amount of time.” ...

Vinod Balachandran says mRNA vaccines could stimulate the immune system to recognize and attack pancreatic cancer cells ... show that the therapeutic cancer vaccine activated tumor-specific immune ...

Out of the 16 patients in the study, half had a strong response to the vaccine. A personalized mRNA vaccine may reduce the risks of pancreatic cancer returning after surgery, according to a ...

The pancreas is a large gland in the abdomen. It secretes pancreatic juices into the small intestine to digest food, and secretes insulin into the bloodstream to regulate glucose levels.