News and Stories About Know Your Tumor
PanCAN President and CEO Shares Highlights from Esteemed Precision Medicine Roundtable
Editor’s note: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) President and CEO Julie Fleshman attended the Harvard Business School (HBS) Kraft Precision […]
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Precision Medicine Highlighted in the News
“All Cancer Patients Should Have Access To Genomic Testing” is the title of a compelling article featured in Forbes earlier […]
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PanCAN’s Precision Medicine Results Featured at Major Meeting
The 2018 Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium is taking place in San Francisco, Jan. 18 to 20. The meeting brings together […]
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Largest Gift in PanCAN History Is a Powerful Testament to Donor’s Commitment to Innovation, Impact
Entrepreneur Skip Viragh was a collaborator. An innovator. A proactive problem-solver. A masterful leader. And he deeply valued these qualities […]
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Keytruda Drug Is Science Breakthrough of the Year Runner-up
At the end of every year, Science magazine announces a Breakthrough of the Year – a discovery that revolutionized the […]
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Discovery of Rare Mutation Gives Survivor Options, Hope
Akshay Mehta, MD, was in the middle of performing an orthopedic surgery when his first pancreatic cancer symptom arose. “I […]
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Pancreatic Cancer in U.S. News & World Report
“Let’s face it: The pancreas is a behind-the-scenes organ most of us don’t know – or think – much about. […]
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Thank You to PanCAN Scientists!
It’s Thank a Scientist Week! This seems like the perfect opportunity to show appreciation for a few PanCAN employees who […]
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Progress Report: ‘Research Continues to Be Our Best Defense Against Cancer’
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released its annual Cancer Progress Report earlier this week. “Research continues to be […]
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Recent Precision Medicine Developments Showing Promise of Field
May was a busy month for pancreatic cancer precision medicine developments. Every pancreatic tumor is different. The Pancreatic Cancer Action […]
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Know Your Tumor® Gives Survivor More Options, Time to Experience More Blessings
Josephine Scivoli’s oncologist tells her she’s an inspiration, a miracle. Her husband, John, agrees. “She definitely has a lot of […]
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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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Rare but Targetable Genetic Change Discovered in Pancreatic Cancer Patients
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s state-of-the-art Know Your Tumor® precision medicine service offers molecular profiling to eligible patients. Molecular profiling […]
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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s Know Your Tumor Program Surpasses 1,000 Enrolled Patients
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s Know Your TumorSM Program Surpasses 1,000 Enrolled Patients MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – (Feb. 8, 2017) – The […]
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Leading Oncologist Champions Treatment Progress Through Personalized Medicine
Dr. Andrew E. Hendifar, the medical oncology lead for the gastrointestinal disease research group at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, champions progress […]
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Study Shows Biomarker-Based Treatment Provides Best Results
We’ve learned a lot about pancreatic cancer in recent years, and we now know that every patient’s cancer is different […]
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