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pancreatic

American  
[pan-kree-at-ik, pang-] / ˌpæn kriˈæt ɪk, ˌpæŋ- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the pancreas.


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A recent study found that a blood test in development could accurately detect stage 1 and 2 pancreatic cancers roughly 87% of the time, with a low rate of false positives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Although the trial was not designed to determine whether the treatment improved pancreatic cancer outcomes, researchers observed encouraging signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

"This study is an important step forward for the use of a vitamin D analog as a stromal remodeling therapy that can overcome therapeutic resistance in pancreatic," says Perez.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

"This study really takes a novel approach for cracking therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer," says study co-author Ronald Evans, PhD, professor and the March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology at Salk.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

As soon as he’d recovered enough from his surgery to travel, Gey began contacting cancer researchers around the country, asking who was doing research on pancreatic cancer and needed a patient to experiment on.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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