2009
AIP Industrial Physics Forum: Pancreatic cancer strikes
less than 2% of the population, yet this brutal disease has one
of the highest mortality rates among patients, with a mean
survival time of only four to six months after
diagnosis.Scientists hope that early detection will be the key
to increasing patient survival rates, and
Kimberly
Kelly from the University of Virginia believes that within
the year her team will be able to go to clinical trials with
new biomarkers to target early indicators of the cancer, as
well as stem cells left over after removal.
