Mr. Jobs died in 2011 at the age of 56 after suffering from pancreatic cancer.
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The researchers believe obesity may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by affecting insulin levels.
He had taken a six-month break in 2009 to recover from treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Some aspects of her life have changed as a result of the pancreatic cancer.
"We don't have the survivors marching on Washington, " says Johns Hopkins pancreatic cancer researcher Scott Kern.
The bad is - news is - that the statistics on pancreatic cancer are pretty grim.
Jobs died of complications from pancreatic cancer in October 2011 at the age of 56.
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Avastin failed in pancreatic cancer, but Pfizer hopes its Avastin-like pill, axitinib, will work.
The mean survival time from diagnosis to death is 18 months for most pancreatic cancers.
Four years ago, Ginsburg had surgery for pancreatic cancer and underwent a course of chemotherapy.
Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in Italy after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Jobs underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004, and received a liver transplant in 2009.
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The most serious cause that I have seen is dysplasia of the pancreatic duct.
Pancreatic cancer accounts for 5% of cancer deaths but receives only 1% of research funds.
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Scientists don't know what causes pancreatic cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
My mother died of pancreatic cancer 6 years ago, as did her mother 15 years earlier.
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In 2004, he announced to his employees that he was being treated for pancreatic cancer.
Since neuroendocrine tumors are less lethal than true pancreatic cancer, doing so may not have made much difference.
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The procedure, known as pancreatic islet transplantation, involves injections of healthy islets, or cell clusters, that release insulin.
Jobs took a leave of absence a few years ago after it was revealed he had pancreatic cancer.
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If the science can be perfected, there would be a need for a huge supply of pancreatic cells.
Men can also carry a BRCA mutation, raising their risk of prostate, pancreatic and other types of cancer.
But better than the standard form of pancreatic cancer, which has a 98% mortality rate over five years.
Or Jobs could indeed be wrestling with a recurrence of cancer, following his 2004 surgery for pancreatic cancer.
She died Friday at her home in Los Angeles due to complications from pancreatic cancer, family members said.
Down the road, it could also gain approval for pancreatic, head and neck, and non-small cell lung cancer.
But Jobs suffered from a rarer and less fatal form of the disease, called islet cell pancreatic cancer.
Smith took office in March 2009 after his predecessor, Gene Upshaw, died suddenly of pancreatic cancer in August 2008.
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Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with a five-year survival rate of 5.5%.
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This could save the lives of thousands of pancreatic cancer victims each year.
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