Christopher Chapman
Christopher Chapman is a gastroenterology fellow at the University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, USA.
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Mission: Impossible
December 20, 2015
Pancreatic cancer is tough to understand, diagnose and treat. Undeterred researchers are on a quest to crack the case.
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Tapping a Rich Vein
December 20, 2015
Circulating tumor cells may hold information crucial for better pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment – but locating them needs special tactics
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New Ab-ilities in Imaging
December 20, 2015
Pancreatic cancer is a challenge to stage because there’s no good molecular imaging method – but three new antibody conjugates may change that
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Surprising Subtypes
December 20, 2015
Pancreatic cancer is often treated as a homogeneous disease, but new research reveals distinct subtypes of tumor and stromal gene expression
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Friend or Foe?
December 20, 2015
Screening for pancreatic cysts can help with early detection and treatment – but how can we tell which lesions are benign and which may progress to cancer?
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(Chemo)resistance Is Futile
December 20, 2015
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer may play a role in its resistance to treatment – and inhibiting it may improve treatment efficacy
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Breaching Cancer’s Defenses
December 20, 2015
A new immunotherapy approach shows that engineered T cells are able to penetrate into pancreatic tumors and directly attack the cancer
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An Epigenetic Epiphany
December 20, 2015
When genetics yielded unsatisfactory answers about pancreatic cancer’s persistent survival, researchers looked beyond the genome – and found telling epigenetic changes
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Building a Better Mousetrap
December 20, 2015
It’s often difficult to target pancreatic cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue – but a new therapy concept not only makes this possible, but also enhances the potential effectiveness of adjuvant treatments
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