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Pancreatic Cancer or Four Diseases?

Dr. Ho Gwo Fuang, Clinical Oncologist and Radiotherapist

11-Mar-16 16:00

Pancreatic Cancer or Four Diseases?

Patrick Swayze, Luciano Pavarotti, Steve Jobs. What do they all have in common? They all lost their lives to the same disease: Pancreas cancer. After years of extensive studies, researchers have identified the mutations that cause pancreatic cancer. The new findings propose four different subtypes of this fatal disease, each linked to specific genes. Clinical Oncologist and Radiotherapist Dr Ho Gwo Fuang tells us about the importance of decoding this genome.


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