PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Pancreatic cancer accounts for 7% of all cancer deaths in the United States. It is very aggressive, and rarely detected in its earliest stages.
As a result, a great deal of research is being performed to help find effective treatments and ways to detect it early.
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have used a technique called bioprinting to develop a model of pancreatic cancer using human cells. Bioprinting is a new technology and the hope is that the model can be studied extensively to learn more about the cancer and its response to treatment.
Get more medical reports from Dr. Brian McDonough.
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