News and Stories About immunotherapy
Treatments Based on Patient Biology
About one in four pancreatic cancer patients have changes in their tumor that suggest certain treatments may work particularly well […]
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How Know Your Tumor Has Helped These Survivors
A recent paper published in the prestigious journal Lancet Oncology showed that the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) Know Your […]
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Molecular Profiling Gave Patient More Options
Stage IV pancreatic cancer survivor Ken Harding was no longer having great results after nine months on standard chemotherapy. But […]
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2019 Year in Review: Progress in Research
Editor’s note: This article kicks off our 2019 Year in Review series – highlighting the research advancements that you – […]
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Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy Clues Revealed
When immunology expert Ingunn Stromnes, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Minnesota, unexpectedly discovered a […]
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Bacteria May Impact Pancreatic Cancer Survival
A new study out today in Cell links tumor bacteria to long-term pancreatic cancer survival. Examining tumor samples from pancreatic […]
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What Is Cancer Immunotherapy?
Cancer immunotherapy involves empowering the patient’s immune system to recognize, attack and destroy cancer cells. While remarkable results have been […]
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PanCAN Leader ‘Blown Away’ by Cancer Conference
“I’ve been attending the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meetings for several years, and this year’s conference was […]
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Cancer Immunotherapy Pioneers Win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to James (Jim) Allison, PhD, and Tasuku Honjo, MD, […]
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Persistence, Precision Medicine Pay off for Pancreatic Cancer Patient
When doctors told David Watson of Santa Monica, Calif., that he had type 2 diabetes in November 2016, he couldn’t […]
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Meet Our 2018 Research Grantees: Translational Awards
This year, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) awarded eight prestigious research grants to scientists and clinicians in the United […]
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New Research Suggests Age May Benefit Response to Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy involves efforts to harness the patient’s own immune system to recognize and attack tumor cells. To date, the […]
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Grantee Discusses Immunotherapy in Smithsonian Magazine
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) grantee Dung Le, MD, provided commentary in the April 2018 issue of Smithsonian Magazine. The […]
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Grantee’s Study Suggests Bacteria Can Influence Tumor Growth and Immune Response
Scientists have known for quite some time that pancreatic tumors are surrounded by an especially dense and complex “stroma,” a […]
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2017 Year in Review: Top 10 News Stories
Editor’s note: This article is another installment in our “Year in Review” series recapping the year’s top stories in pancreatic […]
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Research Team’s Work Provides Clues that Explain Long-term Survival
A multi-institutional research team, including Vinod Balachandran, MD, and Steven Leach, MD, set out to ask an important question: “What […]
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Discovery Channel Clinical Trials Series: Episode 2 – “Treatment”
The second episode of the three-part Discovery documentary on clinical trials, First in Human, follows the gripping story of three […]
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New Findings Explain How Immune Cells Support Pancreatic Tumors
A Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award in 2014 allowed David DeNardo, PhD, to ask and answer important questions […]
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The Road to Effective Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Last week, we shared the exciting news that an immunotherapy agent, Keytruda, was the first drug approved by the FDA […]
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Unprecedented Drug Approval Can Benefit Pancreatic Cancer Patients
For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a cancer drug based only on molecular […]
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Studying How a New Immunotherapy Works in Each Patient
Thanks to the generosity of donors, we awarded our largest-ever grant of $2 million in 2016 to accelerate a large-scale […]
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A New Strategy to Allow Immune Attack of Pancreatic Tumors
The more researchers analyze the interaction between pancreatic cancer cells and the patient’s immune system, the more complex the relationship […]
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Your Advocacy in Action: New Federal Research Funding to Explore Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy
Together, we have been relentless in fighting for increased funding for pancreatic cancer research and today, we are proud to […]
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Grantee’s Preclinical Immunotherapy Data Shows Promise
Pancreatic cancer recently moved from the fourth to the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, and […]
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Grantee’s Early-Phase Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Shows Encouraging Results
Preliminary results from an early-phase immunotherapy clinical trial suggest that an innovative treatment could be effective for patients with locally-advanced or borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer.
