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Fever Kills Cancer
(12/Jun/2009)
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HOUSTON (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The stats are not promising: This year, 37,000 people will get pancreatic cancer ,and 34,000 will die from it. There are few effective treatments, but now doctors are trying to heat things up -- and kill the deadly disease. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
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ADA 2009: Artificial Pancreas Showing Safety, Therapeutic Efficacy in Clinical Trials
(12/Jun/2009)
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An automated insulin delivery system provides effective glycemic control, including upon challenge with unannounced meals, in patients with type 1 diabetes. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Newly Developed Quality Indicators Reveal Variability In Pancreatic Cancer Care
(11/Jun/2009)
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A set of expert consensus-based, quality-of-care indicators identified considerable variability in the quality of pancreatic cancer care among hospitals and may be used to evaluate and identify areas for improvement, according to a new study in the June 9 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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ASCO 2009: 5-FU as Effective as Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer
(10/Jun/2009)
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Results from the largest-ever adjuvant trial in pancreatic cancer indicate that survival is comparable with 2 common chemotherapies. Is combination therapy next? Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Research Team Formally Develops Quality Indicators To Assess Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
(10/Jun/2009)
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A groundbreaking study released today in the June 9 Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports on a set of expert consensus-based quality indicators to evaluate pancreatic cancer care across the United States. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Automated 'Artificial Pancreas' Controls Blood Glucose Levels In Diabetes Patients For First Time
(09/Jun/2009)
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UC Santa Barbara and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute scientists have demonstrated for the first time that an automated artificial pancreas system (APS) can safely and effectively maintain desired blood glucose levels in patients with type 1 diabetes. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Critical Marker Of Response To Gemcitabine In Pancreatic Cancer Identified By Jefferson Researchers
(06/Jun/2009)
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A protein related to aggressive cancers can actually improve the efficacy of gemcitabine at treating pancreatic cancer, according to a Priority Report in Cancer Research, published by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University. The protein, called Hu antigen R (HuR), is a stress response protein found in the cytoplasm of pancreatic tumor cells. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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WORLD'S First Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Performed At Saint Barnabas Medical Center
(06/Jun/2009)
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Transplant surgeon, Stuart R. Geffner, M.D., Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Saint Barnabas Health Care System Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division, is the first in the world to use the Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci(TM) Surgical System to successfully implant a kidney into a living recipient. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Medtronic Highlights New Advances In Development Of Closed-Loop System For Diabetes Management
(06/Jun/2009)
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Today, Medtronic, Inc. announced new developments in its long-standing goal to create a "closed-loop" diabetes management system designed to closely mimic the insulin delivery of a normal pancreas. This system, sometimes referred to as an "artificial pancreas," would emulate a healthy pancreas by using technology that continuously monitors glucose levels and automatically adjusts insulin delivery in patients with diabetes (Source: Medical Design Online News)
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DDW: Spit Test for Pancreatic Cancer a Possibility (CME/CE)
(05/Jun/2009)
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CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Clinicians might eventually be able to find out whether patients have pancreatic cancer by having them spit into a cup, a researcher said here. (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
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