Dr. Clark joins Joel Weissman, PhD, and a team of researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in an effort to improve surgical decision-making for persons living with Dementia. The study is titled: “Decisions Around Dementia and Surgery” (aka the DecADES
Alliance A021806: A phase III trial of perioperative versus adjuvant chemotherapy for resectable pancreatic cancer
Wake Forest Baptist Health will be joining the Alliance clinical trial A021806. This phase III that compares perioperative chemotherapy (given before and after surgery) versus adjuvant chemotherapy (given after surgery) for the treatment of pancreatic cancer that can be removed
FDA Warns Biotin May Interfere with Pancreatic Cancer Lab
The FDA has alerted the public that biotin can significantly interfere with laboratory tests and cause incorrect laboratory results including the pancreatic cancer marker CA 19-9. Biotin, also known as vitamin B7, is a water-soluble vitamin found in multi-vitamins, prenatal
How to Diagnose Pancreatic Cancer Early: Identify These 4 Symptoms
Pancreatic cancer is one of the scariest things you could be diagnosed with. However, identifying it early can seriously improve your odds of successful treatment! Chances are that you don’t know how to diagnose pancreatic cancer early. Whether you have
Foods to Eat for a Healthy Pancreas
“You are what you eat.” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote words to these effect in 1826. Today, they hold just as much, if not more meaning than ever before. Despite access to better health care than ever before and despite the