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Pancreatic Cancer Takes a Growing Toll

Podcast: May 26, 2014

The Burrill Report

The Burrill Report (May 26, 2014): Pancreatic Cancer Takes Growing Death Toll (.MP3,14.4 Mb)

The cancer death rate in the United States is declining thanks to progress made in the detection and treatment of cancers such as breast and colorectal cancer, but the death rate for pancreatic cancer is rising and expected to become the second leading cause of cancer death around 2020, according to a new study in Cancer Research. We spoke to Lynn Matrisian, vice president of scientific and medical affairs at the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and senior author of the paper, about the study, why we haven’t seen the progress in pancreatic cancer we’ve seen elsewhere, and what’s being done to change that.

May 22, 2014
http://www.burrillreport.com/article-pancreatic_cancer_takes_a_growing_toll.html

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