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pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
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MRI technique can identify pre-malignant pancreatic lesions
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a form of MRI, is capable of detecting pre-malignant lesions in both mouse and human pancreatic specimens. The ‘proof of concept’ study, published in Investigative Radiology, 13 December 2024, opens the way to use DTI for…
New drug breaks through fibrotic tissue in pancreatic cancer
A drug targeting scar-like ‘fibrotic’ tissue within tumours shows promise for treating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). In the study, reported online in Nature Cancer, 28 August, Australian investigators showed in mouse and human models of PDAC that, when the drug…