People with advanced pancreatic cancer who followed a ketogenic diet program administered by Virta Health while receiving chemotherapy tended to live longer than…
Pancreatic cancer
PANCREATIC CANCER
Experimental therapy outperforms approved treatment in PNET trial
The experimental therapy 177Lu-edotreotide outperformed the approved treatment everolimus in prolonging progression-free survival in people with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs), according to a new…
A new blood test powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could offer a life-saving head start for patients at high risk of pancreatic cancer.
PANCREATIC CANCER
Pancreatic cancer growth tied to cells’ self-eating process
A cellular recycling process called autophagy helps determine whether pancreatic cancer cells grow quickly or hunker into survival mode to resist treatment, a study…
PANCREATIC CANCER
FDA approves electrical field therapy Optune Pax for pancreatic cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novocure’s Optune Pax, a type of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy, as a treatment for…
PANCREATIC CANCER
FDA gives green light to first human trial testing cancer drug GTB-5550
A first-in-human clinical trial will launch in the coming months to test GTB-5550, an immune therapy from GT Biopharma that’s designed to treat various types…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Patients sought for first-in-human trial of pancreatic cancer treatment
A first-in-human clinical trial testing RMC-5127, an experimental treatment for people with pancreatic cancer and other cancers marked by a specific genetic mutation called…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Atebimetinib nearly doubles 1-year survival in pancreatic cancer study
After a year of treatment with the experimental medication atebimetinib as an add-on to chemotherapy, about two-thirds of pancreatic cancer patients in an ongoing…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to NP-G2-044, an experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer that’s currently in clinical…
PANCREATIC CANCER
FDA grants orphan drug status to ARB1002 for pancreatic cancer
A new experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer, ARB1002, has been granted an orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and…
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