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Pancreatic cancer

The pancreas is a gland that produces digestive juices and hormones like insulin. Around 10,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the UK each year, making it the 11th most common cancer in the UK.
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Cancer Research UK scientists led an international team of investigators who have discovered a new mechanism that may explain why pancreatic cancer patients are often resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment called gemcitabine, according to a study published in Science today. Cancer Research UK scientists led an international team of investigators who have discovered a new mechanism that may explain why pancreatic cancer patients are often resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment called gemcitabine, according to a study published in Science today.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 21 May 2009

21 May 2009

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Liverpool will today (Wednesday) become one of the first links in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres to be launched round the country. Liverpool will today (Wednesday) become one of the first links in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres to be launched round the country.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 25 February 2009

25 February 2009

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The use of chemotherapy following surgery reduces the risk of death from operable pancreatic cancer by around 30 per cent, says new research published in the British Journal of Cancer* today. The use of chemotherapy following surgery reduces the risk of death from operable pancreatic cancer by around 30 per cent, says new research published in the British Journal of Cancer* today.

by British Journal of Cancer | News | 21 January 2009

21 January 2009

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The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) partners funded Ј393m worth of research into cancer in 2006, an increase of Ј135m compared to 2002. But it will warn of slower progress in spend for some cancers, it is announced at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Sunday). The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) partners funded Ј393m worth of research into cancer in 2006, an increase of Ј135m compared to 2002. But it will warn of slower progress in spend for some cancers, it is announced at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham today (Sunday).

by The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) | News | 5 October 2008

5 October 2008

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Obese women, who carry most of their excess weight around the stomach, are 70 per cent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, according to a study published online in the British Journal of Cancer* today (Tuesday). Obese women, who carry most of their excess weight around the stomach, are 70 per cent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, according to a study published online in the British Journal of Cancer* today (Tuesday).

by Cancer Research UK | News | 15 July 2008

15 July 2008