http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have identified a new target to improve treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer, which accounts for more than 95 percent of pancreatic cancer cases. This fast-growing, often lethal cancer is resistant to conventional chemotherapy. The findings are published in the Jan. 3 online issue of PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-molecule-pancreatic-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:00:01 EST news276433930 Scientists have connected two signature characteristics of pancreatic cancer, identifying a self-perpetuating "vicious cycle" of molecular activity and a new potential target for drugs to treat one of the most lehal forms of cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-mutated-kras-molecular-loop-pancreatic.html Cancer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:29:06 EST news246796113