"Experimental Blood Test Could Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early" - Max Gomez
Pancreatic cancer, like many other cancers, is deadly because it usually does not cause many symptoms until it is at an advanced and incurable stage. Now, researchers believe they may have found some blood markers that could detect pancreatic cancer at an early, and perhaps treatable, stage. Researchers have found a blood protein, which combined with the old blood test has specifically identified early-stage pancreatic cancer. "Because pancreas cancer is such a lethal disease, anytime we can pick up the disease earlier, the better chance we have to impact the survival and cure," said Daniel Labow, MD, professor of surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
-David Lebow, MD, Professor, Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai