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Pancreatic Cancer: Search for the Cure
About 29,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every year, and about that same number will die from it. There are no early detection methods available to us now, and treatment options are very limited. When symptoms appear, it's generally too late: the average survival time following diagnosis for advanced disease is just four to five months. Yet despite its ranking as the fourth leading cancer killer of both men and women, pancreatic cancer has been largely neglected in research funding and education, further contributing to its high mortality rate.
But there's hope on the horizon. The loss of beloved actor Michael Landon has helped bring pancreatic cancer awareness to the forefront. Clinical research studies are underway on treatments, drugs and therapies that could prove promising. And the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), a growing community of physicians, families and celebrities determined to change the deadly odds of this disease, has organized to focus national attention on the urgent need to increase awareness and find the cure.
Pancreatic Cancer: Search for the Cure is co-hosted by Margaret Tempero, M.D., Beppino Giovanella, Ph.D. and James Abbruzzese, M.D., and includes interviews with other experts.
This program is produced by Information Television Network in conjunction with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and was made possible by an educational grant from SuperGen.
For additional information or to order a VHS copy of the program, call 1-888-380-6500.
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