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A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a teenager
My Science Academy ^
| July 12, 2013
| Jack Andraka
Posted on 07/12/2013 4:27:15 AM PDT by jmcenanly
Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that’s super cheap, effective and non-invasive — all before his 16th birthday.
Talk by Jack Andraka
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cancer; cancertest; males; pancreaticcancer
Video at link
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posted on
07/12/2013 4:27:15 AM PDT
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jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
07/12/2013 5:30:15 AM PDT
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C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
To: jmcenanly
Interesting. Both of my grandmothers died of pancreatic cancer. I always figured there was a chance that the disease could be in my future.
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07/12/2013 6:49:26 AM PDT
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stayathomemom
(Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
To: stayathomemom
Grandmother and an uncle both on father’s side. Same here.
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