Pancreatic Cancer
Data from University of Texas, Department of Molecular Pathology provide new insights into pancreatic cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 5th, 2010
New investigation results, 'MicroRNAs in plasma of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients as novel blood-based biomarkers of disease,' are detailed in a study published in Cancer Prevention Research. "Development of minimally invasive biomarker assays for early detection and effective clinical management of pancreatic cancer is urgently needed to reduce high morbidity and mortality associated with this malignancy. We hypothesized that if aberrantly expressing microRNAs (miRNA) in pancreatic adenocarcinoma tissues are detected in blood plasma, then plasma profiling of these miRNAs might serve as a minimally invasive early detection biomarker assay for this malignancy,"...
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