Elevated iodine and selenium linked to pancreatic cancer while copper linked to acute pancreatitis.
Too much iodine and selenium may harm your pancreas
This prospective cohort study analyzed 191,875 UK Biobank participants over a median 13 years. Elevated serum iodine and selenium levels sho…
New research shows high iodine and selenium levels increase pancreatic cancer risk while copper and magnesium may protect against inflammati…
Systematic review identifies 16 mRNA vaccine antigens for pancreatic cancer immunotherapy
New mRNA vaccine targets show promise for pancreatic cancer treatment
This systematic review evaluates 16 mRNA vaccine candidate antigens for pancreatic cancer. ADAM9 and PAK2 showed high expression and associa…
A review of mRNA vaccine candidates found specific targets that could help fight pancreatic cancer, though challenges remain before patients…
Periodontal disease linked to increased pancreatic cancer risk in middle-aged and elderly individuals
Bad gums could raise your risk for deadly pancreatic cancer
This review of epidemiological studies found an association between periodontal disease and increased risk of pancreatic cancer incidence an…
Your mouth health might hold the key to preventing a deadly form of cancer that often goes unnoticed until it is too late.
Perioperative Propranolol and Etodolac Safety and 8-Year Survival in Cancer Patients
Safe Drug Combo May Help Cancer Patients Heal Faster
This randomized controlled trial evaluated perioperative propranolol and etodolac in 148 patients with breast, colorectal, and pancreatic ca…
A safe drug mix of propranolol and etodolac helps breast, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer patients heal faster after surgery without causi…
Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies examining T2DM and cancer associations.
Diabetes Linked to Two Specific Cancers
This systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies evaluated the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and s…
Type 2 diabetes raises the risk of pancreatic and endometrial cancers, according to a new analysis of genetic studies.
NIH News in Health issue lists items on DLD, pancreatic cancer test, air pollution, dementia medications
New research looks at pancreatic cancer and dementia, but the details are missing.
This source is an NIH News in Health table of contents listing five consumer-facing items: detecting developmental language disorder (DLD), …
A new test may find early pancreatic cancer, but the study lacks details on who was tested or what results were found.
Review of Virtual Spectral Decomposition for pancreatic cancer detection on CT scans
Virtual spectral decomposition shows promise for detecting pancreatic cancer field effects on standard CT scans.
This review and synthesis evaluates a computational imaging method, Virtual Spectral Decomposition (VSD), applied to standard portal-venous …
A new image analysis method can spot subtle changes in the pancreas on standard CT scans, helping to find early signs of cancer before a tum…
Post-pancreatectomy chemotherapy linked to longer survival in pancreatic cancer, especially late-stage disease.
Chemo After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Who Truly Benefits?
A retrospective cohort study of 258 patients who underwent pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer found that adjuvant chemotherapy was associa…
Chemo after pancreatic cancer surgery extends life for later-stage patients, but those with very early tumors may not see extra survival tim…
Concurrent TP53 and KRAS alterations show inconsistent survival impact across gastrointestinal cancers
Two Bad Genes Mean Different Things
A database analysis of multi-cancer cohorts found that concurrent TP53 and KRAS alterations were associated with significantly shorter overa…
Having two common cancer gene changes usually signals a worse outcome, but in stomach cancer, this same genetic mix actually predicts the lo…
Corticosteroid therapy associated with greater weight loss and poorer appetite in advanced pancreatic cancer
Corticosteroid therapy linked to more weight loss in advanced pancreatic cancer patients
A post hoc analysis of the MISTRAL trial in 244 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer found corticosteroid therapy was associated with gr…
Corticosteroid therapy linked to more weight loss in advanced pancreatic cancer patients, who also reported less appetite and lower BMI duri…