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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • mRNA-derived pancreatic cancer vaccine demonstrates efficacy in small study. Much more evaluation required for these bespoke vaccines.

    March 17, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2025 Source:Pancreatic cancer vaccine shows hope. Make the investment. Reference:RNA vaccine induces long-lived anti-tumour T cells in pancreatic cancer

  • New blood test identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic ductal cancer with 85% accuracy

    February 26, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 26, 2025 Source:New blood test identifies hard-to-detect pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy Reference:Early detection of pancreatic cancer by a high-throughput protease-activated nanosensor assay

  • Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial

    May 11, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 11, 2023 Source:Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial Reference:Personalized RNA neoantigen vaccines stimulate T cells in pancreatic cancer

  • Artificial intelligence can be trained to spot pancreatic cancer risk three years before diagnosis: study

    May 10, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 10, 2023 Source:Artificial intelligence can be trained to spot pancreatic cancer risk three years before diagnosis: study Reference:A deep learning algorithm to predict risk of pancreatic cancer from disease trajectories

  • All patients with pancreatic cancer need to be informed of treatment options so they can decide what medical management direction to take.

    May 31, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for May 28, 2019 Source: Chemo can prolong survival for pancreatic cancer. So why aren’t people getting it?

  • Can you be in “near remission” with respect to cancer treatment?

    May 30, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for May 30, 2019 Source: ‘Tears of joy’: Alex Trebek says pancreatic cancer in ‘near remission’

  • Alex Trebek releases statement that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer

    March 7, 2019

    Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2019 Source: ‘I’m going to fight this’: Jeopardy host Alex Trebek announces Stage 4 cancer

  • Pancreatic cancer research given a boost

    March 25, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 25, 2014 Source: Grant offers hope for fight against pancreatic cancer  

  • Pancreatic cancer implicated in Steve Jobs' death

    October 6, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 6, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Steve Jobs’ Pancreatic Cancer: A Timeline  

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