pancreatic cancer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Would he last two weeks, but spend the last week in pancreatic cancer-induced ravings, screaming and not knowing my name?. From Wordnik.com. [Last Call] Reference
pancreatic volume index was defined as pancreatic volume divided by body surface area. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue] Reference
The endocrine pancreas is mainly composed of endocrine cells, which are called pancreatic Islets. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Imagine what it would be like if you or your dearest loved one drew the card called pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Blew You away -- Now He Has a Book] Reference
These tumors, called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, occur only in three people out of every million. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
The disease is called pancreatic islet cell tumors, and they represent roughly 5% of all cases of pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Pfizer Halts Sutent Study After Drug Shows Benefit] Reference
Sutent is designed to treat patients with advanced pancreatic islet cell tumors, also known as pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
It is a rare type of cancer called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that afflicts the hormone producing islet cells in the pancreas. From Wordnik.com. [The Good News For Steve Jobs - Robert Langreth - Treatments - Forbes] Reference
Researchers got one kind of pancreatic cell to turn into another kind within living mice. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Trick Cells Into Switching Identities] Reference
Its approval of this drug, as well as other agents of marginal efficacy in terminal disease such as pancreatic cancer, is evidence of this. From Wordnik.com. [How Much to Spend on Marginally Effective Medicine?] Reference
Two of the most feared cancer diagnoses are glioblastoma, the most aggressive kind of pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
This is a higher incidence than known cancers such as pancreatic, ovarian, uterine, kidney, brain, cervical or blood. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Medicare, Medicaid and many private insurers do not pay for PET scans to diagnose certain forms of cancer, such as pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [theadvertiser.com -] Reference
Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [His Better ‘Last Lecture’] Reference
The singer was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. From Wordnik.com. [Famed Tenor Pavarotti in Grave Condition] Reference
He also underwent surgery for stage two pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Louvin: A Louvin Brother Carries On] Reference
There is no screening test to catch pancreatic cancer early. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Swayze loses battle with pancreatic cancer] Reference
Shortly before that he was diagnosed with stage two pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Louvin: A Louvin Brother Carries On] Reference
He developed pancreatic cancer at the age of 48; he died two years later. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
They transplanted pancreatic tissue from three fetuses into a patient with diabetes. From Wordnik.com. [Cures From The Womb] Reference
In March 2004, John Ashcroft was in the hospital with a serious pancreatic condition. From Wordnik.com. [Palace Revolt] Reference
(He is working on attacking pancreatic cancer by cutting off its fuel supply instead.). From Wordnik.com. [Curing Cancer] Reference
They grew pancreatic cancer cells in lab dishes and fed them both glucose and fructose. From Wordnik.com. [Fructose helps pancreatic cancer cells to multiply, UCLA study finds] Reference
Last year, surgeons removed the pancreatic tumor as he was in the midst of a farewell tour. From Wordnik.com. [Famed Tenor Pavarotti in Grave Condition] Reference
Kon, who was said to be working on a new film about dreams, died of pancreatic cancer Tuesday in Toyko. From Wordnik.com. [RIP, Satoshi Kon: Will 'Inception' director speak now for 'PAPRIKA's' dreamy magic?] Reference
Obesity: Those with a body mass index of 30 or more have an increased chance of getting pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Swayze loses battle with pancreatic cancer] Reference
Angel, 29, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the summer of 2005, after months of pain and other symptoms. From Wordnik.com. [Case Study: Special Care at The End of Life] Reference
Typically, pancreatic cancer is very difficult to treat because it is rarely diagnosed early enough for surgery. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Swayze loses battle with pancreatic cancer] Reference
Wood died in 1942 at age 51 from pancreatic cancer, his career essentially limited by an early death to the 1930s. From Wordnik.com. [American Idol] Reference
Another found that drinking two or more sugar-laden soft drinks a week almost doubled the risk of pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Beyond obesity, what health problems are linked to sugar?] Reference
Not the PSA, not early detection of lung or testicular or pancreatic cancer, or glioblastomas, a type of brain cancer. From Wordnik.com. [It May Not Save Your Life] Reference
Four years ago this week, Apple disclosed that he'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, ordinarily a fatal illness. From Wordnik.com. [Here’s to the Health of the CEO] Reference
Kevin McCarthy, associate editorLearn more about pancreatic cancer and find out what treatments work best (subscribers). From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Swayze loses battle with pancreatic cancer] Reference
But Emma's pancreatic beta cells no longer work, so she has to inject herself with insulin to prompt her body to burn sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Adjusting To A Life Of Endless Calculations] Reference
Genetics: About 1 in 10 people who have pancreas cancer have inherited changes in their genes that lead to pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Swayze loses battle with pancreatic cancer] Reference
He is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon and six months ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given "weeks or months" to live. From Wordnik.com. [Kimberly Brooks: The Last Lecture and Living in Technicolor] Reference
Since 1987 a University of Colorado team led by immunologist Kevin Lafferty has transplanted fetal pancreatic tissue into 16 diabetics. From Wordnik.com. [Cures From The Womb] Reference
Today marks the anniversary of the passing of Patrick Swayze, who died Sept. 14, 2009, after a very public struggle with pancreatic cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Patrick Swayze on the first anniversary of his death] Reference
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