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A new treatment developed by Tel Aviv University could induce the destruction of pancreatic cancer cells, eradicating the number of cancerous cells by up to 90% after two weeks of daily injections of a small molecule known as PJ34.
For a country of its size, Israel punches way above its weight class in terms of research, innovation and entrepreneurship, and the work they do on those fronts often shows promise.
I just went to a funeral today for a cousin who lived only three months after diagnosis. It was too advanced for current treatments. Nasty disease.
We have had friends who have lived no more than 3 months, one only lived a couple of weeks. it is a sad way to go, but maybe easier than living for months or years and going through all the pain and expense just to lose the battle anyway. Let's hope this is the start of a true cure for the truly bad cancer. Of course all cancers are bad but some worse than others.
This sounds promising, but shrinking or disappearing the tumors is just the first step. You also have to make sure they don’t grow back two months later.
We have had friends who have lived no more than 3 months, one only lived a couple of weeks. it is a sad way to go, but maybe easier than living for months or years and going through all the pain and expense just to lose the battle anyway. Let's hope this is the start of a true cure for the truly bad cancer. Of course all cancers are bad but some worse than others.
Amen. I had no idea that pancreatic cancer was as prevalent as it seems to be. Most of the people I had heard had it died within a few months, with their cancer having been diagnosed at an advanced stage. I wondered though, if perhaps the poor prognosis generally with this cancer might just have meant a longer period of pain and suffering had they had been diagnosed earlier.
Pancreatic cancer hit very close to home recently when my mother was diagnosed with it in early September 2019. At her age ( 93), and at the stage the cancer was in, there was no option for treatment, only to relieve pain and other discomfort, and to try for the best quality of life possible under the circumstances. Mom died less than a month after her diagnosis, and we have to be grateful she didn't suffer longer before the inevitable.
Amen. I had no idea that pancreatic cancer was as prevalent as it seems to be. Most of the people I had heard had it died within a few months, with their cancer having been diagnosed at an advanced stage. I wondered though, if perhaps the poor prognosis generally with this cancer might just have meant a longer period of pain and suffering had they had been diagnosed earlier.
Pancreatic cancer hit very close to home recently when my mother was diagnosed with it in early September 2019. At her age ( 93), and at the stage the cancer was in, there was no option for treatment, only to relieve pain and other discomfort, and to try for the best quality of life possible under the circumstances. Mom died less than a month after her diagnosis, and we have to be grateful she didn't suffer longer before the inevitable.
The main reason why pancreatic cancer is so deadly is that it is just about never discovered until it is in a very advanced stage.
I have heard of it being discovered inadvertently during abdominal surgery performed for unrelated reasons. But even then, by the time a mass is noticeable, it is usually too late.
Fun fact - In the old days, before laparoscopic surgery arrived on the scene, whenever surgeons were inside the abdominal cavity, they'd palpate all the organs they could reach. And yes, they would catch growths that way, before the patient noticed any symptoms.
The worst thing about pancreatic cancer is that it doesn't have to be "advanced," to be advanced. My father-in-law's pancreatic cancer was discovered when it was small and operable. He had the Whipple procedure. It seemed to be a complete success, but six months later the cancer came back and ravaged him. He died 17 months after diagnosis.
This is typical of pancreatic cancer. It's currently almost impossible to eradicate even when found early. I hope this or another treatment proves to be effective.
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