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Pancreatic CancerFacts & Figures 2021 Reports Another Record-Breaking 1-Year Drop in Cancer Deaths
The death rate from cancer in the United States has continued to decline. From 1991 to 2018, the cancer death rate has fallen 31%. This includes a 2.4% decline from 2017 to 2018—a new record for the largest 1-year drop in the cancer death rate. These are just some of the findings from the annual statistics reported from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Helping Cancer Researchers Jump the Last Hurdles Before Clinical Trials
The American Cancer Society Mission Boost grant helps rescue science that sometimes falls into the valley of death, where promising research comes to an abrupt end because it otherwise can’t get the funding it needs to cross the bridge between discovery and helping patients. Read about 4 of the cancer researchers who are using Mission Boost grants today.
Survivor of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Finds Comfort in Music
Tom Bajoras says he’s written some of his best music during nights when pain kept him from sleeping. Bajoras has been playing and writing music since he was a child, and he’s found the creative process helpful during treatment for a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET).
Study: Millennials’ Increased Risk for Some Obesity-Linked Cancers — 5 Takeaways
Researchers at the American Cancer Society found that 6 cancers proven to be related to obesity are increasing more rapidly in people younger than 50 than those older than 50. To understand what this study means to you and your loved ones, read these 5 key takeaway messages.
29-Year Pancreatic Cancer Survivor: ‘I’m just a regular guy.’
When John Christman’s doctors diagnosed him with pancreatic cancer in 1989, he was what he calls “just a regular guy.” Today Christman is 62, recently retired, and looking forward to a long, fun life with his grandchildren.
FDA Approves Lutathera for Certain Digestive Tract Cancers
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lutathera (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) to treat people with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs).
Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop
The death rate from cancer in the United States is continuing to decline among men, women, and children, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.
10 Powerful Survivor Stories From 2016
Our featured survivors share words of inspiration, wisdom, hope, and support in these stories about how their lives have been changed by cancer.