Pancreatic Cancer in the News

Nuvilex Completes Acquisition of Exclusive Worldwide Rights to Pancreatic ... NASDAQ BBB owns exclusive worldwide licenses associated with the live-cell encapsulation-based pancreatic cancer treatment. These licenses include worldwide rights to utilize the live-cell encapsulation platform technology to develop treatments for any and ... See all stories on this topic »

Metastatic pancreatic, primary breast cancer have common growth mechanisms ... Medical Xpress A recently discovered form of the protein that triggers blood clotting plays a critical role in promoting the growth of metastatic pancreatic cancer and primary breast cancer, according to the cumulative findings from two new scientific manuscripts ... See all stories on this topic »

Gavin's 52-mile triathlon raises more than £2k for Pancreatic Cancer Research ... Wisbech Standard Mr Caney, of Friday Bridge, a sports reporter for our sister title the Eastern Daily Press, took on the challenge after Mr Rasberry was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer in May. He died on June 19, aged 52. Mr Caney missed a fund-raising ... See all stories on this topic »

Babraham establishes cancer-focused Knowledge Exchange collaboration with ... Cambridge Network Pancreatic cancer, the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the UK, has an extremely poor prognosis and few treatments are currently available; in 2005-2009 3.7% adult pancreatic cancer patients survived their cancer for five years or more. See all stories on this topic »

The Best of Digestive Disease Week 2013: Part 1 Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News The criteria use clinical, radiographic and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) features to stratify patients with cystic lesions of the pancreas (CLP) who may be at risk for developing pancreatic cancer. Researchers retrospectively reviewed data from 165 ... See all stories on this topic »

fundraising event this weekend Evesham Journal The annual Salford Prior 3, which is now in its third year, takes place this weekend in aid of University Hospital Birmingham's Pancreatic Cancer unit, a charity close to the heart of Brian Seabourne one of the organisers after he was treated there in ... See all stories on this topic »

Novartis sponsors rare disease patient community PMLiVE (blog) The Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PNET) Support Community is a peer-to-peer support community for patients and carers from around the world to share information and support. Created by New Jersey-based agency Inspire, the community's patient ... See all stories on this topic »

Merrimack to offer $50 mln in stock , $75 mln notes MarketWatch The company plans to use proceeds from the stock offering and the offering of notes due 2020 to complete the clinical development, seek marketing approval and fund pre-approval commercial efforts for its pancreatic cancer treatment, MM-398. It also ... See all stories on this topic »

Colleen McGrath shares her life-saving experience at One Step Camp Chicago Sun-Times Eight months after that, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And it wasn't long before the disease struck another member of my family: At the age of 17, I pulled up to my house after a vacation with one of my best friends and was immediately rushed ... See all stories on this topic »