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Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare is Site of Stand Up to Cancer 'Dream Team' Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials

Published in Drug Week, September 24th, 2010

The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare announced it is participating in the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Dream Team pancreatic cancer research project as a primary clinical research site.

"Cutting Off the Fuel Supply, A New Approach to the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer,'' seeks ways to deprive pancreatic tumors of crucial nutrients, increasing the percentage of patients surviving beyond one year and improving quality of life.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Most patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within one year of...

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