A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer carries with it an often unfathomable prognosis. Pancreatic cancer patients face complicated decisions pertaining quality of life issues as well as life expectancy. For many pancreatic cancer patients, life prolongation becomes a principal issue.
What I am going to report here is by no means a panacea that will fix all problems, but it might be crucial knowledge that sufferers from pancreatic cancer and their loved ones can wrap their heads around and work with.
I am going to use a fictional set of identical twins “Alice” and Allyson,” to highlight the exciting impact the original study by Dalal et al. [1] could have on life extension for pancreatic cancer patients. [Read more…]