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Hollie Williams

Member since: Sep 18, 2015
Published articles: 15

Blood Test May Find Pancreatic Cancer Before It Becomes Malignant

Long known as one of the deadliest forms of cancer, pancreatic cancer has perplexed doctors as they search for a way to successfully treat and even cure it. With an estimated 49,000 new cases...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Nov 26, 2015
Do Pancreatic Cysts Increase Cancer Risks?

With only an estimated 53,000 new cases reported in the United States annually, pancreatic cancer is far from being the most commonly diagnosed form of this disease. This diagnosis, however, can be...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Aug 13, 2016
Neoadjuvant Therapy May Have Place in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Increasing the survival odds for patients with pancreatic cancer has long been a concern for healthcare professionals. After all, this form of cancer is notoriously difficult to beat. With a five-year...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Sep 19, 2016
New Surgical Tool May Help Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Getting a positive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is one of the most frightening things to hear from a doctor. This particular form of cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of all types of...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Nov 14, 2016
Protein Discovery May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer Breakthroughs

With one of the worst five-year survival rates of all forms of cancer, pancreatic cancer is considered one of the deadliest forms of this disease. An estimated 48,000 Americans are diagnosed with it...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Apr 23, 2016
Radiation May Provide Added Benefits in Pancreatic Cancer Treatments

Pancreatic cancer has long had one of the most abysmal survival rates of any form of this disease. The American Cancer Society, in fact, estimates nearly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with the...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Mar 22, 2016
Targeted Treatment Approach Offers Hope in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is widely considered among the deadliest forms of the disease. Nearly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with it annually with an estimated 40,000 deaths reported. One of the reasons...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Dec 23, 2015
Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer Continues to Evolve

For the 53,000 Americans who will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, news on the treatment front is slowly but assuredly improving. This disease, often considered one of the most difficult...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer May 19, 2016
Vitamin a May Play a Role in Beating Pancreatic Cancer

With a five-year survival rate that is less than 10 percent, pancreatic cancer has long been considered one of the deadliest forms of this disease. Even so, few breakthroughs have been made in recent...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Oct 20, 2016
Vitamin D May Help Weaken Pancreatic Cancer

With a five-year survival rate of roughly 6 percent, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of this disease known to man. Poorly understood, poorly funded and highly deadly, this form of...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Jan 13, 2016
Blood Test Offers Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Victims

Pancreatic cancer has one of the most staggeringly low survival rates of all forms of this disease. In the United States alone, it is estimated that some 53,000 people will face down this diagnosis in...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Aug 17, 2017
Combination Therapy Offers Hope in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

When a disease is known to claim most of the lives of those stricken, any step forward in treatment is considered incredibly good news. Such is the case with a recent study into a combination...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Jul 19, 2017
Higher Dose Radiation Can Increase Pancreatic Cancer Survival: Study

A positive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer tends to present with a prognosis that is rather bleak. With a five-year survival rate that is less than 10 percent, this form of cancer is considered one of...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Jun 22, 2017
Pancreatic Cancer is a Slow Grower Despite Its Deadly Track Record

Pancreatic cancer is widely accepted as one of the deadliest forms of this disease. After all, an estimated 53,000 Americans will be diagnosed with this type of cancer in the coming year. About 41,000...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Dec 12, 2016
Symptoms That Raise Pancreatic Cancer Alarm Bells

With a dismal five-year survival rate that’s less than double digits, pancreatic cancer is considered one of the deadliest forms of this disease known. While only an estimated 53,000 Americans are...

Articles > Health & Fitness > Cancer Apr 28, 2017
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Author Bio

The Sandler-Kenner Foundation was started by Gregory A. Echt, M.D. and his wife, Susan T. Echt, after they lost two of their dear friends, Michael and Peter, to premature deaths from pancreatic cancer.