Paris, France, April 22, 2026 (AFP) - New drugs raise hopes of pancreatic cancer breakthrough

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2026-04-22

After decades of struggling to find a way to treat pancreatic cancer, researchers have developed several promising new drugs that could offer rare hope to patients given this particularly deadly diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer is notoriously aggressive, with only roughly one in 10 people surviving more than five years after being diagnosed, research has shown. Rates of this cancer have also been surging worldwide, notably among young adults. It is p......

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