MD Anderson’s Vincent Bernard receives Project Purple’s Research Recovery Grant for pancreatic cancer research

Robert Mayer tells us about pancreatic cancer’s hopeless past as new data shows promise

When Robert Mayer was only a few years out of residency, in the 1970s, he signed on as an investigator of the NCI-supported Gastrointestinal Tumor Study Group, which conducted research into colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers.

TAMP procedure shows 52% reduction in pancreatic tumor metabolic activity, Moffitt case study shows

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have published a case study highlighting the potential optimization of the TAMP, or trans-arterial micro-perfusion, procedure with RenovoCath to deliver intra-arterial gemcitabine (a commonly used chemotherapy) directly near a tumor (rather than traditional systemic IV administration) in a patient with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

Clinical Roundup

Sylvester researchers discover method of disrupting inflammatory network that helps pancreatic cancer resist treatment

Blocking IL1RAP, a receptor that sits at a key control point in inflammatory signaling, can disrupt the tumor-driven inflammatory network that helps pancreatic cancer resist treatment, according to a study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

Podcast

Pancreatic cancer breakthrough came from smart scientists making smart bets—not from politicization of science

The oncology community is still riding the high of the success of daraxonrasib—the first drug to show real promise in treating metastatic pancreatic cancer. The drug doubled overall survival for patients in the phase III RASolute-302 trial.

June 10, 2026

Clinical

Pancreatic cancer finally starts to budge as daraxonrasib doubles overall survival

A note for historians: On April 21, 2026, pancreatic cancer finally began to budge.

Daraxonrasib’s success in treating pancreatic cancer is a reminder that clinical cancer researchers are heroes

At the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, the plenary sessions are one of the main events. A handful of clinical research studies are chosen from the thousands that are presented at the conference to represent the biggest achievements from the field in the last year.

June 03, 2026

MD Anderson’s Vincent Bernard receives Project Purple’s Research Recovery Grant for pancreatic cancer research

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