Pancreatic cancer Archives

January 11, 2019

Pancreatic cancer: the happy ending of Caterina, a former patient of Humanitas

Pancreatic cancer is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer death in Europe, with about...

November 12, 2018

World Pancreatic Cancer Day: Humanitas at the forefront of patient awareness

A meeting with experts, specialists and patients dedicated to the pancreas: is 'United against pancreatic...

September 10, 2018

Pancreatic cancers: Research projects in Humanitas

On Sunday, September 2, at the Castle of Paderna, near Piacenza, the event "Start Sowing...

July 24, 2018

Pancreas, diagnosis and treatment of cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most frightening oncological diseases. But thanks to the most...

May 23, 2018

Pancreatic cancer: answers to questions from a live Facebook stream

Tuesday, November 7, Professor Alessandro Zerbi, Head of Pancreatic Surgery at Humanitas, was the protagonist...

May 7, 2018

Pancreatic cancer: a possible early marker detected

An American study entitled 'Detection of early pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with thrombospondin-2 and CA19-9 blood...

April 24, 2018

Pancreatic cancer: when is surgery necessary?

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of death from cancer in the West, and...

April 16, 2018

Stereotactic radiotherapy: positioning of fiducials for millimeter precision

In Humanitas, for the first time, in a patient with non-operational (locally advanced) pancreatic cancer,...

March 23, 2018

Pancreatic cancer: multidisciplinary approach and combination of therapies to combat it

In the collective imagination, having pancreatic cancer is equivalent to a condemnation, but this is...

September 1, 2017