Biocancell drug BC-819 for pancreatic cancer has obtained US FDA fast-track approval

Biocancell Therapeutics Ltd. is dedicated to develop cancer treatments and aims to provide alternative cancer treatments that offer strong therapeutic efficacy combined with a lack of side effects. These treatments are suitable for over 40 types of cancer and also include treatments for advanced stage ovarian cancer, and pancreatic cancer. BC-819 has obtained US Food [...]

Pancreatic Cancer Prevention

Pancreatic cancer has been increasing in frequency there are no reliable screening tests or cures and the median age at is around 70 years. Early detection and prevention of the disease is by far the best course of action for which is essential to understand its causes and risk factors. The risk factors for pancreatic [...]

Kancera’s ROR technology a breakthrough for pancreatic cancer

Kancera founded in 2010, develops cancer treatments of the future. Currently, it is running two projects one is to develop a treatment for Leukemia and other is targeting cancer’s abiliy to generate energy in order to survive. Kancera has already reported that its existing ROR technology has generated active compounds that attack cancer cells of [...]

Consuming sugary soft drinks could boost pancreatic cancer risk

A link between sugary soft drinks and pancreatic cancer is found in the study conducted for 14 years in Singapore which followed more than 60,000 men and women. During the study period conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota there were 140 death cases of pancreatic cancer. This research also took into account other [...]

Beating pancreatic cancer with nutrition – 2

• Broccoli – Broccoli contains SULFORAPHANE that has the cancer-protective properties and causes cancer death. • Tomato – Tomato contains LYCOPENE that is a powerful antioxidant for fighting cancer. A study done at Harvard provides a link between health benefits of tomato products and decreased risk of prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung and . • [...]

Beating pancreatic cancer with nutrition – 1

In UK, pancreatic cancer kills almost 7,500 patients annually. Once diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, most patients do not survive more than 1 year. Four year joint research project done by an international team found foods such as carrots and broccoli containing vitamin A can inhibit cancer growth. Studies suggesting that vegetables and fruit are protective [...]

Researchers investigating use of Virus for imaging and treating pancreatic cancer

Second AACR International Conference was held from 14th September to 18th September, 2011 in San Francisco on Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research where the results of research done at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NY and Genelux Corporation in San Diego, Calif were presented. Researchers found the combination of GLV-1h153 (engineered to encode for the [...]

An Introduction to Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases. There are over 100 different types of cancer are recognized, and quite a few types of cancer can grow in the pancreas. All of them have one single thing in common: unusual cells grow as well as destroy body tissue. Healthy cells that structure the body’s tissues grow, split, [...]

Pancreatic Cancer – Side Effects of the Treatment

The methods used to take care of pancreatic cancer are very influential. It is hard to limit the effects of treatment so that only cancer cells are eliminated. Healthy tissue could also be harmed. That is why treatment usually causes troublesome side effects. Side effects depend on the kind of treatment used along with the [...]

An Overview of Pancreatic Cancer – 2

Pancreatic cancer is an illness in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the pancreas. The pancreas is a gland roughly around 6 inches long that is shaped like a thin pear lying on its side. The wider end of the pancreas is known as the head, the middle part is known as [...]