Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the USA are currently recruiting inoperable pancreatic cancer patients into a phase II clinical trial to see whether a combining FOLFIRINOX with Losartan (a common blood pressure drug) before proton radiation therapy will…
on 2nd October 2013
Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have found that mice made obese through a high-fat, high-calorie diet developed a much higher number of the precursors to pancreatic cancer known as pancreatic intrahepithelial neoplasms (PanINs). Published in the journal…
on 1st October 2013
One question that people keep asking me is “why use the purple pansy for a logo?” It all started with the colour purple. Some, all or none of you may know that purple is the internationally recognised colour for pancreatic…
on 21st August 2013
Researchers at Southampton University have developed a new drug which increases the body’s own immune system’s ability to recognise and attack cancerous tumours, and it has shown promising results in a small phase 1 clinical trial including 26 pancreatic cancer…
on 12th August 2013
The Striding for Survival charity walk in aid of Pancreatic Cancer Action is this year to be held at The Royal Landscape, Virginia Water Surrey, on November 30th 2013 and is now open for registration. This year we will have two…
on 7th August 2013
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in the USA think they have found the mechanism responsible for the process through which chronic inflammation of the pancreas and pancreatitis develops into pancreatic cancer. Published online (August 5th 2013) in the Journal of…
on 5th August 2013
Type 1 diabetes has got a bit of publicity this week as Home Secretary, Theresa May has announced that she has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Known as insulin-dependent diabetes, it generally affects younger people (often under the age of…
on 30th July 2013
[caption id="attachment_8806" align="alignright" width="219"] Anna Soubry, public health minister[/caption] I attended a special meeting held by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on pancreatic cancer on Tuesday 18th June. Anna Soubry, the public health minister with a remit for public health and…
on 2nd July 2013
The survival rate for pancreatic cancer has not changed in over 40 years. Only 3% of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer survive beyond 5 years, and there is currently a lack of an effective cure and even life-prolonging therapies. This…
on 24th June 2013
[caption id="attachment_8745" align="alignright" width="300"] A cake sale at Lockton[/caption] Last week, I was delighted to meet fifty or so new Associates at Lockton’s UK head office in Central London during their induction to the company. As Pancreatic Cancer Action is Lockton’s charity of the…
on 20th June 2013
