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According to a news release, the US FDA has authorized marketing of the EndoRotor System to resect (cut out) and remove necrotic (dead) tissue for patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN), a potentially deadly condition which can occur several weeks after an episode of severe acute pancreatitis, often requiring tissue removal. “This device has shown …
The immune system mistakenly attacks insulin-making beta cells in the pancreas in type 1 diabetes, and those living with the disease require lifelong insulin injections. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine from scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine believe that they have found a way to tackle this autoimmune …
Those suffering with pancreatic cancer are faced with one of the more daunting forms of the disease, unfortunately very few of these patients will survive 5 years beyond diagnosis, with few symptoms most are not diagnosed until it has reached the metastatic stage. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths, and it …
Differences in abundance of various types of bacteria living on the tongue can distinguish patients with early pancreatic cancer from healthy individuals according to a paper published in the Journal of Oral Microbiology from professor Lanjuian Li, MD and colleagues at Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Results add to growing evidence of an association, if …
Current immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies are largely ineffective against pancreatic cancer, but that could all change as an immune checkpoint molecule has been identified that could represent a promising immunotherapeutic target for this tumor type, as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer …
The first patient has been enrolled in a new clinical trial designed to test effectiveness of using precise, higher dose MRI guided radiation therapy to treat pancreatic cancer by the Henry Ford Cancer Institute. The National Cancer Institute estimates 55,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer to have been diagnosed in 2018, with a 5 year …
Binghamton University scientists suggest dual thermal ablation may be a potential treatment for pancreatic cancer, as published in the journal Liver and Pancreatic Sciences. Pancreatic cells were utilized to assess effects of heating and freezing on cell death; conducted in search of alternative treatments for pancreatic cancer which are more effective and less invasive to …
Oral mucositis are a fact of life as a side effect for many head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation therapy, the inflammatory condition can’t be prevented and can only be treated once it develops, a synthetic enzyme from researchers at Galera Therapeutic is taking aim in hopes to change that. The enzyme mimetic GC4419 …
A novel microfluidic device the size of a credit card could analyze biopsy and diagnose pancreatic cancer in minutes. Ranked as one of the top 10 deadliest cancers, pancreatic cancer has a devastating rate of 94% deaths within five years. To-date, few advancements have enabled an early and fast diagnosis – unlike routine screenings now …
Celery – as well as artichokes and the herb Mexican oregano – contain apigenin and luteolin, flavonoid compounds that kill human pancreatic cancer cells. Pancreatic cancer is a very aggressive cancer, with few early symptoms; it is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with a five-year survival rate of only 6%. Elvira de Mejia, …