pancreatic cancer

Processed meat ‘linked to pancreatic cancer’? 2

This entry was posted in Healthy Eating and tagged cancer diet pancreatic cancer processed food on March 8, 2012 by admin

Can bacon increase the risk of cancer? A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden. They said eating an extra 50g of processed meat, approximately one sausage, every day would increase a person’s risk by 19%. But […]

Pancreatic cancer: Trial drug MRK003 shows promise 2

This entry was posted in Health Conditions and tagged cancer pancreatic cancer on February 21, 2012 by admin

Doctors want to improve the prognosis of this aggressive cancer and scientists say they may have found a new weapon against pancreatic cancer after promising early trial results of an experimental drug combination. Giving the chemotherapy agent gemcitabine with an experimental drug called MRK003 sets off a chain of events […]