Research Summary: Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine

Pancreatic cancer ranks as the fourth leading cause of death from cancer, and it affects more than 30,000 Americans each year. "The only known cure is surgical recession of the cancer," Daniel Laheru, M.D., from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, tells Ivanhoe. The setback, he explains, is that only 15 to 20 of every 100 patients can have the surgery because this type of cancer is often not detected early enough. ... Continue Reading