Africa Studio/Shutterstock Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat largely because the early signs are vague, the cancer is highly aggressive, and no screening test exists yet. But the future is starting to look hopeful. When Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek announced that he has late-stage pancreatic cancer in March 2019, his fans were stunned. The cancer… Read More »
A University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute research team reports that combining a type of radiation therapy with immunotherapy not only cures pancreatic cancer in mice, but appears to reprogram the immune system to create an “immune memory” in the same way that a vaccine keeps the flu away. The result is that the combination… Read More »
If you were heavy during your youth and work hard now as an adult to keep your weight in the normal range, congratulations are in order because it’s a great accomplishment to break long-standing habits. Even if you’re still overweight and trying to change that, it is a very worthwhile effort. But health issues can… Read More »
Steve Jobs died of Pancreatic Cancer: Many people think that they can get cancer only if they have certain ‘bad’ habits’. Unfortunately, cancer isn’t attracted to only the ‘bad habits’. Though certain things are definitely the causes of cancer, like smoking and excess intake of alcohol; it’s a myth that it is caused only due… Read More »