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Pancreatic Cancer ? It Doesn?t Have To Mean The End
2011-11-03 23:04:00 “The pancreas is a gland located behind the stomach. Its head is attached to the duodenum while its tail reaches the spleen. It produces digestive enzymes which enter the duodenum (the beginning of the small intestine), and hormones insulin and glucagon which control glucose metabolism.” Perhaps for some of us pancreatic cancer was a lesser ...
Steve Jobs Dies Of Pancreatic Cancer; Apple Store SF Memorial
2011-10-06 17:37:00 It was Mom who called to say that “Steve Jobs died of cancer,” and at the time, this blogger was bound for the gym. Instead, the entire evening schedule of workout and work was tossed in favor of going down to the SF (San Francisco) Apple Store. Why? Because a Foursquare note on my Apple (Read More...)
Real Estate Notes and November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month!
2010-10-29 04:40:00 on November 8 at 10:30AM there will be a special event in the North Lobby of the Willis Tower to commemorate the fact that many of Chicago's prominent buildings, including the Willis Tower, the Merchandise Mart, the Wrigley Building, and the Trump Tower, will have purple lights on for the whole month of November!
Pancreatic Cancer Among Top 5 In U.S.--6 Ways To Protect Yourself
2009-09-21 02:01:00 Suzy Cohen R.Ph.-- Dear Pharmacist, Two people in my neighborhood have pancreatic cancer, and my favorite actor Patrick Swayze died of it. What is going on? What do you know about this and how can we protect ourself? --E.D. New York City Answer: It’s among the top 5 leading cancers in the United States, it’s extremely aggressive and surprisingly, more than 250,000 people die of it worldwide. I was very sad when Dirty Dancing star, Patrick Swayze died from it recently. With cancer, there are many factors at play, but no single smoking gun. If you have diabetes, gallbladder disease, Celiac disease or liver damage, your risk of pancreatic cancer is higher. There are also many household items and foods that increase your risk for pancreatic disease, so here are 6 things I want you to get rid of: 1. Hard liquor and alcohol. It’s a liquid bullet aimed for your liver and pancreas. Alcohol causes free radical damage wh...
By: BasilandSpice
NCAA Myles Brand Died Of Pancreatic Cancer At 67
2009-09-17 01:55:00 NCAA President Myles Brand, who will be forever remembered for firing coach Bob Knight, died after a 9-month battle with pancreatic cancer surrounded by family at his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday (September 16). “Myles Brand was a dear friend and a great academic leader. … a tireless advocate for the student-athlete,” said Michael Adams, president ...
High Fat Diet May Lead To Pancreatic Cancer
2009-06-29 14:41:00 A new study now shows that a diet high in fat from red meats and dairy may be linked to pancreatic cancer.
Patrick Swayze Did NOT Die, Still Fighting Pancreatic Cancer
2009-05-19 21:44:00 A rumor Patrick Swayze had died in the hospital this morning was quickly spread via Twitter after a radio station in Jacksonville, Florida revealed the tragic ?news?. Patrick?s rep quickly released the following statement to debunk this cruel rumors. “This is to confirm that Patrick Swayze did not pass away this morning contrary to severely reckless ...
Ginsburg is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer
2009-02-05 19:49:00 Ginsburg is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer, apparently at an early stage. The court said the 75-year-old Ginsburg had the surgery Thursday at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She will remain in the hospital for seven to 10 days, ...
By: TexasFred's
The End of Cancer Begins With Everyone Standing Up
2008-05-31 23:07:00 Touching the lives of every family, the insidiousness of cancer has no regard for age, gender, race, religion, fame, or fortune. It is a leading cause of death. A new initiative aimed at raising philanthropic donations for the purpose of promoting innovative research toward eradicating cancer, Stand Up To Cancer, hopes to "eliminate barriers that have traditionally inhibited creativity and collaboration." Behind Stand Up To Cancer is a strong group of individuals, including Katie Couric, who co-founded the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance with the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Katie has been an effective leader by allowing her own colonoscopy to be broadcast, which later saw a 20% rise in the procedure and a decrease from colon cancer deaths (2003-2005) by 10%. Katie's fundraising has amounted to approximately $30 million, which paid for NCCRA grants for research and in part paid for the Jay Monahan Center...
By: BasilandSpice
Patrick Swayze?s Pancreatic Cancer Spreads
2008-05-07 00:56:00 A gaunt-looking Patrick Swayze, 55, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January, was spotted on April 25 by paparazzi at a convenience store near his Lake View Terrace, California ranch near Los Angeles. The cancer-stricken actor has been receiving chemotherapy at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto under the care of oncologist Dr. George Fisher. While Swayze initially responded well to chemo, the cancer has metastasized and he?s undergone emergency surgery at Stanford to remove part of his stomach.
By: pajamadeen
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network [Highlight HEALTH Web Directory]
2008-04-10 19:22:00 The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the first national patient advocacy organization for the pancreatic cancer community. PanCAN works to focus national attention on the need to find a cure for pancreatic cancer. We provide public and professional education embracing the urgent need for more research, effective treatments, prevention programs and early detection methods. PanCAN also funds research grants for pancreatic cancer, as well as providing patient services. Additional website resources can be found in the Non-profit category of the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory.
By: Highlight HEALTH
Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-23 02:54:00 I am sure that you all have heard of Pancreatic cancer but I am sure not everyone knows what Pancreatic cancer really is and its possible causes. You probably have heard about the recent news that the famous "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with this form of cancer. I have learned that Pancreatic cancer is a very difficult disease to diagnose, and its symptoms easily go unnoticed. Here's a video (below) of Dr. Manny Alvarez. He talks about this deadly disease in light of the news of Patrick Swayze.Dr. Manny Alvarez Talks On Pancreatic Cancer (Video)
By: Lifeos Journey
Patrick Swayze Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-19 17:17:00 Patrick Swayze the actor who starred in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a statement, his doctor Dr. George Fisher says “Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far.” Dr. George disagrees with the rumors of Swayze’s short time frame that ...
By: Celeb Crust
Pancreatic Cancer Will Cause Diabetes
2008-03-18 20:10:00 In a few days, I will be sitting at the dinner table enjoying a holiday dinner--minus my father. A year ago February, Dad was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer; he hadn't planned for this, and frankly told me that he always thought he'd have a stroke or heart attack. (A colonoscopy one year prior had come out clean.) Life often throws us curve balls which we can either duck to try to avoid or catch them full force. Recently, I reluctantly read the story of Patrick Swayze and his stoic wife Lisa, knowing how they might feel about this difficult situation. Dad and I faced his illness honestly. We knew the outlook was very grim. During my search for a medical cure, I did find hope. We located at least three individuals with the disease intact within the pancreas (it hadn't metastasized or spread to other organs), who were still alive after four or five years. While cancer death rates have declined, pancreatic cancer deaths have in...
By: BasilandSpice
Obesity tied to higher pancreatic cancer risk
2008-03-14 12:14:00 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that obesity may raise older adults' risk of developing pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. The study, by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, found that men and women who were severely obese were 45 percent more likely than normal-weight adults to develop pancreatic cancer over five years. Abdominal obesity, in particular, was linked to a higher risk of the disease among women, the researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Pancreatic cancer is difficult to catch early, and 95 percent of patients die within five years of being diagnosed. Because of this dismal prognosis, researchers consider it particularly important to pinpoint the modifiable risk factors for the disease. Smoking is one such risk factor. Some studies have also implicated obesity and physical inactivity in contributing to pancreatic cancer, possibly because of their...
Patrick Swayze has Pancreatic Cancer I Was Shocked and Sad to Hear About, I
2008-03-11 21:17:00 Like everyone I was shocked and sad to hear about Patrick Swayze having pancreatic cancer. A magazine giving out the news saying he had only five weeks left to live. Before Patrick Swayze mentioned it to the media himself that he had the disease. I think it was wrong of a magazine to announce such news is very disrespectful to him. He is one of my favorite hunky men I like to look at. He looks like a man not boy with such a great looking everything. He makes me drool with lust. I think he was so handsome looking in Dirty Dancing. It made me have the fantasy of meeting a guy like that. A fantasy about a guy that would dance with me like that too in a Dirty Dancing way, oh yes. He will always be one of my favorite actors for the reason of the movie Dirty Dancing. Dirty Dancing movie is all time classic now that is special thing for an actor to be part of such memorable and special movie. I do have hope he does get better, pulls through this disease and he is in my prayers. But like an...
PATRICK SWAYZE FIGHTS PANCREATIC CANCER
2008-03-06 21:18:00 Despite early reports that actor Patrick Swayze was dying of pancreatic cancer and had only 5 weeks to live his doctor has released the following official statement. "Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.' Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family." According to his rep Patrick Swayze's work schedule and projects will continue including the upcoming A&E pilot "The Beast". source source
By: Binside TV
PATRICK SWAYZE DYING FROM TERMINAL PANCREATIC CANCER HAS 5 WEEKS TO LIVE?
2008-03-05 20:37:00 The National Enquirer is reporting that actor Patrick Swayze who starred in the hits Ghost and Dirty Dancing is dying from pancreatic cancer and has only 5 weeks to live....
By: Binside TV
Patrick Swayze is dying due to Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-05 18:43:00 It has just been reported that Patrick Swayze is suffering from a particularly vicious form of pancreatic cancer which has now spread to his other organs, and is not responding to treatment. Its said that he was diagnosed with the disease in January and after having radical chemotherapy the three doses of chemotherapy have failed to ...
By: Product Reviews
Patrick Swayze Dying from Pancreatic Cancer
2008-03-05 18:02:00 Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancer and has just a few weeks left to live according to several reports out this morning. For the past month, the 55-year-old actor has been traveling to Stanford University’s prestigious cancer centre in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, The National Enquirer has reported. He is said to have lost more than 20 ...
Shocking!!! Patrick Swayze Pancreatic Cancer Death Sentence
2008-03-05 16:19:00 I?m totally shocked? if this is really true, Patrick Swayze will have more or less 5 weeks to live unless there?s some kind of miracle.The actor, 55, was reportedly diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other organs.For the past month, the actor and dancer has been traveling to Stanford University?s prestigious cancer center in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, but his doctors are no longer optimistic that the treatments will be successful, according to the National Enquirer.Swayze ? who has previosuly attended a clinic to overcome alcoholism after his sister Vicky died from an overdose of painkillers in 1994 ? received three doses of chemotherapy and the tumor shrank, but less than his doctors had hoped for ? and Patrick was told he should prepare for the end.?He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding. In short - they held out little hope for a cure,? said an insider.OMG? praying for Patrick? let?s hope this is ...
By: 7Confessions
Shocking!!! Patrick Swayze Pancreatic Cancer Death Sentence
2008-03-05 15:29:00 IÂ’m totally shockedÂ… if this is really true, Patrick Swayze will have more or less 5 weeks to live unless thereÂ’s some kind of miracle.The actor, 55, was reportedly diagnosed in late January with pancreatic cancer that has spread to other orga Popular: 7 hours 29 minutes ago source: (7confessions.blogspot.com)
By: CelebrityPWN
Fiber & Whole Grains May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk
2007-11-28 22:15:00 Eating more whole grain and fiber-rich food may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer by about 40 percent, study findings suggest. Dr. June M. Chan, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues identified this reduced risk among adults who ate two or more servings of whole grains each day compared with those who ...
By: Merely Flawed
Pancreatic Cancer
2007-11-16 01:31:00 My family needs prayers for my mother who is battling pancreatic cancer. But the cancer is taken her day by day. It’s not her time yet she still has living to do here. Heaven needs to wait. This pain she feels and her family is like no other. Please pray that the lord will take ...
By: Prayers Online
Protein Gives Clues to Pancreatic Cancer
2007-10-27 10:55:00 Researchers say they've identified a protein that could play a key role in the development of pancreatic cancer. According to a team at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, the protein -- called pp32 -- is a tumor-blocker than normally inhibits a cancer-causing gene called K-ras. However, pp32 is absent in the most aggressive form of pancreatic cancer, the researchers said. More research is required, but pp32 could eventually become a marker for this deadly form of pancreatic cancer and a potential drug target. In laboratory experiments, the Jefferson team found that when pp32 is absent, mutations in the K-ras gene take over and turn cells cancerous. Adding pp32 to pancreatic cancer cells with K-ras mutations slowed the growth of the fast-growing cells. The researchers concluded that the loss of pp32 may be a key event in determining the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer. The study was published online in the journal Modern Pathology. "If ...
US News--US and German researchers find apples reduce pancreatic cancer ris
2007-10-05 16:20:00 By Karyn Chenoweth Researchers in the United States and Germany found compounds naturally found in apples may help reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer. The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, determined eating quercetin -- a flavonol found most in apples and onions -- significantly reduced the risk of pancreatic cancer in smokers. The researchers tracked food intake and health outcomes of 183,518 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort Study for eight years and evaluated the participants' food consumption and calculated the intake of the three flavonols quercetin, kaempferol and myricetin. Smokers with the lowest intake of flavonols presented with the most pancreatic cancer. Smoking is an established risk factor for the often fatal pancreatic cancer, the researchers said. The study also found women had the highest intake of total flavonols and 70 percent of the flavonol intake came from quercetin -- linked to apple and onion consumption. Unlike many dietary ...
Pancreatic cancer: A lesson from Pavarotti's death
2007-09-06 17:41:00 Even though I?m not a huge opera fan, I?m sad today after learning that the beloved Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti has died after fighting a long battle against pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed last year and underwent surgery in July 2006. In August, he underwent additional surgery and was then released from hospital. Pavarotti suffered kidney failure and was no longer conscious during the final stages of the illness, according to news reports. While his amazing voice will live on thanks to Ipods, CDs and DVDS, his death is a great loss. As in life, we can learn a lot in death?or at least when someone as high-profile and beloved as Pavarotti passes away. So I see this an opportunity for public awareness as not many of us may know where the pancreas is in the body or what it does. More importantly we may not realize that pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of today's cancers due to limited tools for early diagnosis and few effective treatments. The pancreas: An esse...
By: Gastro Girl
Rash caused by Tarceva (and other EGFR inhibitors), a positive sign
2007-09-03 07:10:00 Development of a rash after treatment with inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) such as Tarceva (erlotinib) may actually indicate that the treatment is working well, according to an analysis of two phase III trials. According to the analysis, the worse the rash, the more likely patients are to survive their cancers or maintain ...
By: Cancer war
Diabetes And Pancreatic Cancer
2007-08-17 16:52:00 Pregnancies in Jerusalem in the 1960s and 1970s may hold vital clues about how pancreatic cancer and diabetes are linked. According to research published in the online open access journal BMC Medicine, women with a history of gestational diabetes had a higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer later in life. The research team drawn from the ...
By: Cancer war
Axitinib for advanced pancreatic cancer
2007-07-10 16:15:00 According to Pfizer, a Phase II trial of axitinib in combination with gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer has shown promising results, conferring a median overall survival of 6.9 months versus 5.6 months for single-agent gemcitabine. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the Western world and is extremely aggressive and difficult to ...
By: Cancer war
Gene Therapy For Pancreatic Cancer
2007-07-10 08:07:00 A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis, and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the July 9 edition of Cancer Cell. “This vehicle, or vector, is so targeted and robust in its ...
By: Cancer war
Skin rash in pancreatic and lung cancer patients
2007-07-07 08:34:00 The appearance of a rash in cancer patients treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) is strongly associated with longer survival, according to researchers from the drug’s developer, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This is not the first time that rash has been associated with a survival advantage with EGFR inhibitors - a class of drugs which includes erlotinib, cetuximab, ...
By: Cancer war
White foods and cancer
2007-06-26 15:45:00 If you eat a lot of things with a high glycemic load, which is a measurement of how quickly food raises your blood sugar, you may have problems not only related to diabetes or being over weight, but you could run a higher risk of colorectal cancer. A Harvard Medical School study involving 38,000 women ...
By: Cancer war
Pancreatic cancer surgery should be at the top of the priority list
2007-06-18 16:14:00 There are certain points on everyone’s life where being tested for various cancers should be at the top of the priority list. With that in mind, it’s distressing to hear that almost 40% of people with early pancreatic cancer that could have treatment to ward off the disease don’t end up getting it at all. ...
By: Cancer war
Cancer prevention: vitamins and pancreatic cancer
2007-06-01 16:39:00 Researchers exploring the notion that certain nutrients might protect against pancreatic cancer found that lean individuals who got most of these nutrients from food were protected against developing cancer. The study also suggests this protective effect does not hold true if the nutrients come from vitamin supplements. In a study published in the June 1 issue ...
By: Cancer war
Pancreatic cancer ? outlook: gene therapy
2007-05-08 08:05:00 Abstract Gene therapy offers an elegant alternative to toxic chemotherapy regimens, mostly without severe side effects. Cancer gene therapy was among the first applications. Following the enthusiasm in the early nineties, a more rationale view is the recent way to look at it. This tutorial review looks upon the tools of gene therapy and the principle ...
Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Five-Year Survivors 65 And Up Live Nearly As Long
2007-04-16 15:16:00 A new study shows that pancreatic cancer patients 65 or older who live at least five years after surgery have nearly as good a chance as anyone else to live another five years. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia reviewed the records of 890 patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent the standard pancreaticoduodenectomy, or Whipple procedure, which entails the removal of the gallbladder, common bile duct, part of the duodenum, and the head of the pancreas, between 1970 and 1999 at Johns Hopkins University. They identified those who lived for five years, and compared those who lived for at least an additional five years to the "actuarial" - or estimated - survival of the general population beginning at age 70. Reporting in the journal Surgery, they found that 201 patients (23 percent) lived five years after surgery, at least half of whom were 65 years old or older at the time of surgery. ...
By: Oncology
Setback for pancreatic cancer drug
2007-04-12 09:17:00 NEW YORK, April 11: A new U.S. study found Erbitux did not significantly prolong lives of people with pancreatic cancer.
By: newkerala.com
Pancreatic cancer therapy trial starts
2007-03-16 10:03:00 LIVERPOOL, England — British researchers are to begin a pancreatic cancer therapy trial, testing a new vaccine against two chemotherapy (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News) More: continued here
Discouraged doctors rethink pancreatic cancer
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Openly discouraged by decades of failure, pancreatic cancer doctors are calling for new approaches in the war against the deadly disease.
Mr. Swayze’s Dance with Pancreatic Cancer
0000-00-00 00:00:00 There are notable times, such as hearing the recent news of Patrick Swayze, when many of us stop our busy lives to remember who and what this person has brought to our world. Most of us know Mr. Swayze as the actor who brought smiles to millions while watching his sexiness in "Dirty Dancing" way back in 1987. The ...
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