Radiation before surgery improves pancreatic cancer outcomes
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 18:14
in Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest and most difficult to treat cancers. Now, in a major step forward, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have shown that administering radiation therapy prior to surgery nearly doubles survival in pancreatic cancer patients with operable tumors.