A rapid and aggressive spread into surrounding tissue, resistance to standard chemotherapy and a tendency to recur make pancreatic cancer one of the most challenging diseases to treat. The disease is also difficult to diagnose in its early stage, and patients usually present with incurable disease. It has a high mortality rate, and so far no therapy has been shown to significantly impact survival. Pancreatic cancer is considered an orphan cancer, because of its relatively… Continue
Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on June 27, 2011 at 6:30am —
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