By City News Service
Apr 14, 2021
MANHATTAN BEACH (CNS ) - The Manhattan Beach-based Pancreatic Cancer Action Network announced the launch of its Early Detection Initiative, an interventional study that will look at whether imaging at the time of new onset diabetes would lead to earlier detection of pancreatic cancer.
Currently, there is no standard screening test, like a mammogram or colonoscopy, for early detection of pancreatic cancer, which is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. and has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, with just 10% of those diagnosed surviving five years or more.