Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016, but we are sharing it again this month in celebration and […]
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Even the name of the grant mechanism – Research Acceleration Network, or RAN – conveys speed. And that’s exactly what […]
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From a young age, I knew that I wanted to be a doctor. During my freshman year of college, I […]
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In the early 1980s, I was honored to be a part of the scientific team that discovered the Ras oncogene […]
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My 2003 Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network helped validate my decision to focus my scientific and […]
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I have dedicated my nearly 30-year career to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Pancreatic cancer has historically stood out […]
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Pancreatic cancer first came into my life when I was a 3rd year medical student working on the medicine wards. […]
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My journey to pancreatic cancer research is an unusual one. In graduate school, I was trained in a DNA laboratory […]
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My initial interest in cancer was purely academic. I was curious how genetic mutations would transform a normal cell and […]
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One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer has been so notoriously difficult to treat is that it depends on a […]
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I began my journey into cancer research by training under world-class physicians and scientists such as Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, […]
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My interest in pancreatic cancer was sparked by the aggressiveness of the disease and the urgency of finding early detection […]
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I am an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where I am a sub-specialty gastrointestinal pathologist […]
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I learned a valuable lesson about this disease firsthand. In a weekly men’s group meeting  at my church, I watched […]
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The most difficult part of tackling what seems to be an insurmountable problem is getting started. When I reflect on […]
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I started to realize that cancer was a very serious word when I was a child. My mom was then […]
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The first time I came face-to-face with pancreatic cancer, as a third year medical student, I had no idea how […]
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