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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will host its 14th Annual 'An Evening with the Stars' gala on Saturday, October 22 at 6pm at the iconic Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The evening is dedicated to advancing research, supporting patients and creating hope for everyone affected by pancreatic cancer. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111004/LA79914LOGO) This year's gala will include a special performance by Chris...
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is urging Americans to join the growing movement to defeat pancreatic cancer through an interactive awareness campaign launched today. The campaign, Volunteer for Progress, leads into National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in November. It features a series of videos and messages from actor Dana Delany, golf legend Jack Nicklaus, the organization's National Spokesperson Lisa Niemi Swayze and...
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- David Robertson has teamed up with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to strike out the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. As one of the organization's cause champions, Robertson will serve as Honorary Captain of TEAMHOPE®, the organization's national marathon team, at the 2011 ING New York City Marathon. In partnership with the New York Yankees, Robertson is featured in a new public service announcement to...
Older breast cancer patients with certain other health problems have higher mortality rates than patients without these problems according to a study published online June 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The other health problems, or 'comorbidities', include heart attack and other heart-related problems, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and others.Previous studies have shown that comorbidities as a group are associated with poorer overall survival and...
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is calling on the federal government to make pancreatic cancer research a national priority, as the incidence and death rates for the fourth leading cause of cancer death in our country continue to increase according to "Cancer Facts & Figures 2011," a report released today by the American Cancer Society. Pancreatic cancer cases and deaths have been on the rise since 1998, according to the report. This year,...
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This year, we are recognizing the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the 1971 National Cancer Act and the significant improvement in overall cancer survival rates from 50 percent to 68 percent. However, not all Americans have reason to celebrate. Pancreatic cancer patients generally receive the same diagnosis today that they received in 1971. In fact, it remains the only cancer tracked by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer...
Survival rates of wealthier patients and those younger than 70 with glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor, have improved since 2000, whereas rates for those living in poorer areas and older than 70 have remained stagnant, according to an abstract being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital researchers on Saturday, June 4. (ABSTRACT #6089).The addition of concurrent and adjuvant...
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is leading the way to increase the survival rates of people with this devastating disease by announcing today The Vision of Progress: Double the Pancreatic Cancer Survival Rate by 2020. The organization is doubling its efforts to raise awareness, support patients and intensify advocacy for a national research strategy dedicated to finding a cure by undertaking this bold new initiative. (Logo:...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is calling attention to the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States during National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in November. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100914/MM64269) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100914/MM64269) This year, over 43,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and nearly 37,000 will die from the disease. Pancreatic cancer is...
In the largest, most modern, single-institution study of its kind, Mayo Clinic urologists mined a long-term data registry for survival rates of patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer. The findings are being presented at the North Central Section of the American Urological Association's 84th Annual Meeting in Chicago.A radical prostatectomy is an operation to remove the prostate gland and some of the tissue around it. In this study, Mayo Clinic...
