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Mayo Researchers Develop a Profile for Patients at Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

| April 14, 2015 Comment

Mayo Researchers Develop a Profile for Patients at Risk of Pancreatic Cancer – Researchers at Mayo Clinic worked with physicians from the US and Europe to identify factors that put patients at risk of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is rare but it can be deadly because it’s not diagnosed until it’s in later stages, so […]

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Pancreatic Cancer Could Become Second Cause of Cancer Deaths

| May 20, 2014 Comment

New research shows that by 2030, pancreatic cancer may overtake colorectal cancer as the second cause of death in the US. Currently, the top three causes of death are lung, colorectal, and breast cancers; pancreatic cancer is fourth. The reasons for the increase include changes in demographics, (for instance, the African-American population is more prone […]

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