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Blood pressure drug could make chemotherapy delivery more effective in pancreatic cancers

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…

Blood pressure drug could make chemotherapy delivery more effective in pancreatic cancers
Ali

on 2nd October 2013

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Link between high-fat, high-calorie diet and the development of pancreatic cancer found in mice.

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…

Link between high-fat, high-calorie diet and the development of pancreatic cancer found in mice.
Ali

on 1st October 2013

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Why the purple pansy for a logo?

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…

Why the purple pansy for a logo?
Ali

on 21st August 2013

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Drug that boosts immunity could help treat pancreatic cancer

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…

Drug that boosts immunity could help treat pancreatic cancer
Ali

on 12th August 2013

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Striding for Survival 2013 – Registration now open

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…

Striding for Survival 2013 – Registration now open
Ali

on 7th August 2013

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Scientists find mechanism of inflammation-driven pancreatic cancer

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…

Scientists find mechanism of inflammation-driven pancreatic cancer
Ali

on 5th August 2013

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Diabetes after pancreatic cancer: What type am I??

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…

Diabetes after pancreatic cancer: What type am I??
Ali

on 30th July 2013

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APPG Pancreatic Cancer meeting with the public health minister

[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…

APPG Pancreatic Cancer meeting with the public health minister
Ali

on 2nd July 2013

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Promising meeting with pancreatic cancer experts from across Europe

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…

Promising meeting with pancreatic cancer experts from across Europe
Ali

on 24th June 2013

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Meeting with Lockton’s new recruits

[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…

Meeting with Lockton’s new recruits
Ali

on 20th June 2013

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