New Approach for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
Here’s a CBS News video discussing Northwestern University‘s new method for detecting pancreatic cancer. YouTube Enclosure of CBS News Story The approach involves nanoscale assessment of periampullary duodenum cells during an endoscopy. The technology behind the procedure was developed by Vadim Backman, professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern’s Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and [...]
click here to read full article...Study Explores Using Blood Pressure Drugs to Stop Pancreatic Cancer
Hwyda Arafat, MD, PhD, has been awarded a four-year American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant to analyze the potential for using high blood pressure medications to block the spread of pancreatic cancer. The grant, which is worth approximately $720,000 and takes effect on July 1, 2007, will fund her group’s continuing study of the impact [...]
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