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Riley Cherkes lost her dad to pancreatic cancer but refuses to say he lost his battle. Riley created a Tribute Page to raise ...
PanCAN Senior Director of Patient Services Fatima Zelada-Arenas talks about the process of working through grief and offers ...
Ask any caregiver what keeps them going, and you will hear a common answer: love. Caregivers support people living with pancreatic cancer in every way imaginable — from lending a listening ear and ...
Editor’s note: The “Research Spotlight” series is written by Dr. Anna Berkenblit, PanCAN’s Chief Scientific and Medical Officer. Each month, Dr. Berkenblit shares her insights into the latest news and ...
Editor’s note: In this heartfelt interview, Jaylen Baron shares the story of her mother, Jane – an inspiring dance teacher, mentor and fighter – whose legacy is honored every year at PanCAN ...
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has granted approval for a new drug to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, also called PNET or PanNET. “I am delighted that patients with pancreatic ...
Today the American Cancer Society called out the need for more progress on pancreatic cancer, citing it as the third-leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. Their annual report also includes ...
A device already approved to treat several other types of cancer has shown positive results for a subset of patients with pancreatic cancer. In a Phase III clinical trial, a therapy known as Tumor ...
For the first time in more than a decade, the FDA has approved a new first-line treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. After a clinical trial showed a positive survival benefit, the ...
For the third year in the row, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer has increased one percentage point, according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures 2024 Report ...
A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Nature that caught the attention of news media and all those affected by pancreatic cancer. Although a small, early phase clinical trial ...
Editor’s Note: “Five Key Facts About PNETs” was originally published in February 2020. Here, we update that blog post with new information in light of an announcement from television personality Maria ...