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The Spiritual Side of Cancer

August 25th 2022, 9:00pm

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Receiving a pancreatic cancer diagnosis has caused me to reexamine my spirituality, which led me to believe that my life is a line, rather than a single dot in time.

Chemotherapy Regimen Given Prior to Surgery Improves Survival in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

July 21st 2022, 9:00pm

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Treatment with FOLFIRINOX, a combination of several chemotherapy agents, prior to the surgical resection of pancreatic cancer increased survival outcomes when compared to historical data.

Trial Launched to Analyze Safety of Novel Drug to Treat Severe Side Effect that Occurs in Approximately Half of Patients With Advanced Cancer

July 15th 2022, 7:00pm

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The first patient enrolled onto a phase 1 trial has received TCMB07, an investigational drug, for the treatment of cachexia, a severe disorder that may occur in more than half of patients with advanced-stage cancer.

Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Derive Benefit From Chemo-Free Treatment Regimen

July 13th 2022, 3:00pm

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The use of a chemotherapy-free, combination regimen as a maintenance treatment option was associated with an improvement in survival in a group of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Study to Investigate Safety, Efficacy of Novel Cell Therapy Plus Chemo in Cancer That Spread to the Abdominal Cavity

July 7th 2022, 7:00pm

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According to the manufacturer, this is the first-in-human clinical trial of Allocetra combined with chemotherapy in patients with peritoneal metastases arising from solid cancers.

Chemotherapy Plus Nimotuzumab Improves Survival in Certain Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

June 3rd 2022, 9:00pm

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The addition of nimotuzumab to a treatment regimen of the chemotherapy gemcitabine improved overall survival in patients with KRAS wild-type advanced pancreatic cancer.

Years After My Diagnosis, I Still Can’t Shake the Cancer Hound That Chases Me

May 16th 2022, 9:00pm

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As I go in for another cancer follow-up, I need to remind myself that what could happen is different from what would happen.

Clinical Trial Testing Novel Treatment With Standard-of-Care Chemotherapy in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Expands to New Location

March 16th 2022, 9:00pm

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Four sites across the United States are enrolling patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer to see if a novel drug combined with standard-of-care chemotherapy bests chemotherapy alone in survival outcomes and responses to treatment.

Patient Enrollment Begins for Trial Assessing Novel Treatment Combo in Pancreatic Cancer

March 4th 2022, 7:57pm

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The study authors plan to enroll 32 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer into the trial to assess the efficacy and safety of an experimental treatment combination.

Adagrasib Confers High Response Rates in Several Gastrointestinal, Pancreatic Tumors

January 26th 2022, 10:00pm

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Single-agent adagrasib was associated with encouraging treatment responses in patients with previously treated non-colorectal gastrointestinal tumors and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.