Important steps toward developing a blood test to catch pancreatic cancer early
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States and has a 5-year survival rate of only 6 percent, which is the lowest rate of all types of cancer. This low survival rate is partially attributed to the difficulty in detecting pancreatic cancer at an early stage.