Pancreatic Cancer

 Hear Dr Norman Swan interview Prof Margaret Tempero (Director of Clinical Sciences, University of California San Francisco's Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, USA) on ABC National.

"Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest tumours and causes a disproportionate number of deaths in Australia. But it has been neglected, and around the world doctors don't treat it very well, particularly in the early stages."  Click to play

Clinical Trials used to change treatments

  After the death of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer, there was increased public interest into wanting to learn more about the disease.

Dr Yujo Chua, Researcher into pancreatic cancer from the AGITG spoke to ABC Tasmania about pancreatic cancer and how Australia’s AGITG is conducting clinical trials to improve current treatments. Click to play