Editor’s note: In honor of International Women’s Day, we are celebrating several PanCAN research grant recipients whose experiences in different […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like to introduce you to each grantee to […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) 2020 research grants. Now we’d like […]
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Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, which provides an opportunity to highlight the incredible scientific and clinical research […]
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All the way across the country from one another, two pancreatic cancer researchers made similar discoveries in their labs. Rushika […]
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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grantee Kenneth Olive, PhD, is dedicated to keeping his lab as connected as possible […]
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New research suggests that pancreatic tumors can be classified into two broad categories – and this information can help guide […]
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The goal of cancer treatment is to identify – and attack – vulnerabilities that make cancer cells different from healthy […]
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We are extremely sad to share that Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grant recipient David Boothman, PhD, died on […]
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When immunology expert Ingunn Stromnes, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Minnesota, unexpectedly discovered a […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, and we recently had the opportunity to speak with two leading pancreatic […]
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A study published in Nature today describes how mutant KRAS impacts pancreatic cancer cells’ ability to gather nutrients – and […]
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Editor’s note: In this Washington Post article, Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz wrote about his experience launching biopharmaceutical company Nivien Therapeutics in […]
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Editor’s note: Stephanie Dougan, PhD, is an immunologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She is also the recipient of […]
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Editor’s note: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD, is an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where he also heads a […]
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Editor’s note: Michael Curran, PhD, is a 2018 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Translational Research Grant recipient. He is an […]
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Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Editor’s note: On July 25, 2008, 10 years ago today, professor Randy Pausch, PhD, of “The Last Lecture” fame, died […]
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If you had asked Jason Doles, PhD, five years ago where he anticipated he’d be today, he would not have […]
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Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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Not all heroes wear capes; some of them wear lab coats. And if Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc, were to gain superhero […]
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Both Wantong Yao, MD, PhD, and Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD, underwent medical training in China. They both became deeply interested […]
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Last week, we shared the exciting news that an immunotherapy agent, Keytruda, was the first drug approved by the FDA […]
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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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Changes that cause a normal cell to become cancerous are often genetic in nature – mutations or altered expression of […]
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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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