Monday 3 December 2012

Study sheds light on how pancreatic cancer begins

Research led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and UC San Francisco Schools of Medicine examined the tumor-initiating events leading to pancreatic cancer (also called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma or PDA) in mice. Their work, published in the journal Cancer Cell, may help in the search for earlier detection methods and treatments. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Kopp JL, et al. Identification of Sox9-Dependent Acinar-to-Ductal Reprogramming as the Principal Mechanism for Initiation of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Cell, Online first 29 November 2012.

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