Chamberlain supports constituent’s pancreatic cancer petition

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Pancreatic cancer is on the rise, and in less than a decade it can become the second leading cause of cancer death on a global scale. One reason is that it is not known how to detect it early, and is therefore usually diagnosed when the disease is already in advanced stages. Oncology seeks to “understand what precedes pancreatic cancer, to try to prevent it or diagnose it at very early stages,” says Francisco X. Real, head of the Epithelial Carc…