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This photo provided by Revolution Medicines on August 26, 2026 shows packaging for the new pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib, under the brand name Rasonque. (Revolution Medicines via AP)
August 27, 2026, 3:02 am
US approves use of landmark pancreatic cancer drug that’s shown to boost survival
Drug blocks key mutated protein driving over 90% of cases in deadly cancer; patients taking pill live median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for patients on chemo
By AP
Illustrative image: cancer cells against a backdrop of DNA (Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen via iStock by Getty Images)
March 27, 2023, 1:38 pm
Hebrew University researchers discover how pancreatic cancer spreads through body
Study published in Nature holds out hope for patients by pointing to an existing drug that could undergo trials for use in fighting metastases
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: a woman undergoing radiotherapy (Mark Kostich via iStock by Getty Images)
October 27, 2022, 2:24 pm
Radiotherapy fights excruciating back pain from pancreatic cancer, in Israeli study
Patients often report intense upper body pain, thought to be from tumor pressing on nerves; MDs at Israeli hospital find radiotherapy has major benefit, following 4-year research
By Nathan Jeffay
Former Polish President Alekdander Kwasniewski touches a memorial for slain Jews at a ceremony marking 70 years since Polish villagers murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbors during World War II, in Jedwabne, Poland, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
September 12, 2022, 1:51 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 12: Poland seeks WWII reparations – for Jews killed by Poles
Diaspora reporter Judah Ari Gross delves into a shocking story out of Poland; health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings us the latest in COVID research and a cancer detection blood test
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: a woman gets a blood test. (stefanamer vis iStock by Getty Images)
September 9, 2022, 10:38 am
In first, new Israeli blood test could detect pancreatic, colorectal cancers
Method, using special technology to image a single molecule, would be breakthrough for pancreatic cancer, which today cannot be identified by any single diagnostic test
By Nathan Jeffay
Rep. John Lewis speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on the Voting Rights Advancement Act, Deember. 6, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
December 31, 2019, 8:46 am
After cancer announcement, praise for US congressman who built Jewish-black ties
John Lewis lauded for his decades of work campaigning for civil rights; Anti-Defamation League calls Democratic lawmaker ‘our nation’s moral compass’
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative photo of mice (Pixabay)
December 2, 2019, 12:22 pm
In possible breakthrough, molecule destroys pancreatic cancer cells in mice
PJ34, a stroke therapy, is seen to offer ‘great potential’ for causing the aggressive tumor, as well as others, to self-destruct in humans, Tel Aviv University researchers say
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A cancer patient and a perfusion drip. (CIPhotos, iStock by Getty Images)
June 2, 2019, 11:37 pm
Israeli researchers find ‘potential hope’ for some pancreatic cancer patients
New drug stalls progression of disease for patients who have the BRCA genetic mutations, study by Sheba Medical Center with AstraZeneca and Merck shows
By Shoshanna Solomon
In this October 1, 2018, photo, moderator Alex Trebek speaks during a gubernatorial debate between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican Scott Wagner in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
March 7, 2019, 8:53 am
‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer
‘I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working,’ 78-year-old game show icon vows in video posted online
By Lynn Elber
Illustrative: An elderly man crosses the street in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2009. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
December 13, 2018, 1:16 pm
Cancer is Israel’s biggest killer, though death rate is among lowest in world
Arab Israelis more than twice as likely to die from man-made causes — accidents, murders, suicides — than Jewish Israelis, official figures show
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A cancer patient and a perfusion drip. (CIPhotos, iStock by Getty Images)
January 4, 2018, 11:35 am
Tel Aviv University study augurs hope for pancreatic cancer patients
Researchers find genomic pattern typical of longer-term survivors; develop nanoparticle ‘taxi’ that delivers tumor suppressors straight to cancer tissue
By Shoshanna Solomon
James Oppenheim
December 26, 2017, 12:27 pm
James Oppenheim
Funny, silly, outrageous Naomi
She’s defying the odds for pancreatic cancer, but it will take gene-targeted therapy to give her a real chance
Tamir Gilat, a former soccer player turned entrepreneur, was given just months to live when he was first diagnosed with two kinds of cancer in early 2011. (Courtesy of Gilat)
September 23, 2017, 8:53 am
Ex-Israeli soccer player fighting 2 cancers still focused on helping others
Defying the odds, Tamir Gilat has been living with pancreatic and kidney cancer for almost 7 years. On top of it all, he just lost his wife to breast cancer
By Michele Chabin
Emily Pomeranz’s dying wish was for a very specific milkshake. (Facebook)
August 3, 2017, 4:43 am
Milkshake travels 400 miles to fulfill hospice patient’s last wish
A good friend and a restaurant owner in Cleveland team up to put a big smile on the face of 50-year-old Emily Pomeranz
By Marcy Oster
This Sep. 13, 2011, shows British actor and cast member John Hurt arriving for the UK film premiere of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" at the BFI Southbank in London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
January 28, 2017, 12:53 pm
Hollywood legend John Hurt dies at 77
Oscar nominated actor known for roles in ‘Elephant Man’ and ‘Alien’ passed away in London from pancreatic cancer
By Lindsey Bahr
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