{"id":2920,"date":"2017-10-06T02:02:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T07:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2017-09-23T19:03:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T00:03:50","slug":"new-blood-test-may-identify-early-cases-of-pancreatic-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/06\/new-blood-test-may-identify-early-cases-of-pancreatic-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blood Test May Identify Early Cases of Pancreatic Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tests Have Found Blood Can Help Identify Signs of Pancreatic Cancer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While pancreatic cancer<\/a> is relatively rare in the United States, it’s one of the more deadly forms of the disease. According to a recently published study, a new blood test<\/a> may be able to detect pancreatic cancer during its earliest and most treatable stages.<\/p>\n

Solving the Puzzle of Early Detection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Experts predict that pancreatic cancer<\/a> will become the second leading cause of cancer deaths by 2020. The main problem is late detection, with five-year survival rates coming in at less than 10 percent.<\/p>\n

Scientists working on methods of early detection ran into a catch-22. Studies to identify potential markers relied on tumor samples from patients who were already in advanced stages of pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

A Biomarker Breakthrough<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recent study was conducted by a joint University of Pennsylvania\/Mayo Clinic team. Senior investigator Dr. Ken Zaret explained that reprogrammed cells were transplanted into mice, where they developed into invasive pancreatic tumors.<\/p>\n

Samples from the lesions and tumors were then taken from the mice and used to identify proteins they secreted<\/a>. Elevated levels of one protein, called THB52, was found to accurately distinguish between the affected and healthy controls, as well as between pancreatic cancer and other forms.<\/p>\n

Dr. Zaret and his team are continuing their research with larger samples and more cross-validation. Researchers are hopeful that their work will lead to a viable test for people at high risk for pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

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While pancreatic cancer is relatively rare in the United States, it’s one of the more deadly forms of the disease. According to a recently published study, a new blood test may be able to detect pancreatic cancer during its earliest and most treatable stages. Solving the Puzzle of Early Detection Experts predict that pancreatic cancer … Continue reading New Blood Test May Identify Early Cases of Pancreatic Cancer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231,537,216,538,2],"tags":[282,224,628],"class_list":["post-2920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-survivors","category-cancer-vaccine","category-immunotherapy","category-immunotherapy-for-cancer","category-news","tag-cancer-news","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-identifying-causes-of-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2940,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}