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FDA approves ‘life-altering’ pancreatic cancer drug that nearly doubles life expectancy
New York Post ^ | Aug. 26, 2026 | McKenzie Beard and Carly Stern

Posted on 08/26/2026 10:56:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The US Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved a groundbreaking new treatment option for pancreatic cancer.

Manufactured by Revolution Medicines, daraxonrasib made headlines earlier this year when former US Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., shared details about his experience with the drug — which left his skin bloody and “bubbling” but is also giving him more time with his family amid his battled with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bensasse; cancer; cancertreatment; daraxonrasib; fda; pancreaticcancer

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1 posted on 08/26/2026 10:56:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

New!


2 posted on 08/26/2026 11:01:00 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: nickcarraway

So if you’re going to die in 2 months you get 4 instead?


3 posted on 08/26/2026 11:03:26 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: sauropod

Ping


4 posted on 08/26/2026 11:05:48 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: fwdude
So if you’re going to die in 2 months you get 4 instead?

Yes. The way the drug companies calculate "improved" life expectancy and drug effectivess is quite devious. I take nothing they say at face value. Their sole motivation is $$$.

Do your own research.

5 posted on 08/26/2026 11:10:20 AM PDT by Blennos (This is the official Blennos tagline. Thanks to Big Red Badger. )
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To: nickcarraway

I lost my best friend to pancreatic cancer.


6 posted on 08/26/2026 11:11:15 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Blennos

Steve Jobs would have lived?


7 posted on 08/26/2026 11:11:43 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Sacajaweau

My hereditary chronic pancreatitis hasn’t turned cancerous yet. I lost my mother to it.
Yesterday I was told I have breast cancer. I will not treat either! Fighting this incompetent doctor and medicare advantage will kill me before cancer does.


8 posted on 08/26/2026 11:17:21 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: nickcarraway

Could this be breaking news????


9 posted on 08/26/2026 11:20:07 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Most Congress Critters should be referred to as what they are....LOOTERS)
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To: fwdude

Yes!!! For only $600,000 you too can live 2 more months,.


10 posted on 08/26/2026 11:26:09 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Directive 10 -289 will be forthcoming.)
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To: AuntB

Thx for the ping.

The cancer center where I get my treatments is trying to get this so it can be prescribed in-house.


11 posted on 08/26/2026 11:27:06 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: fwdude

About it. Pancreatic cancer is a very deadly disease. Slim chances.


12 posted on 08/26/2026 11:27:44 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: AuntB

Unless you ignored it for too long, breast cancer is one of the easiest to beat.


13 posted on 08/26/2026 11:28:22 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: nickcarraway

Cancer treatments are improving all the time. Cancer vaccines (like what Moderna has) look to be the next big improvement.


14 posted on 08/26/2026 11:32:35 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: RetiredArmy

The pancreas sits next to major arteries that supply other abdominal organs so even small tumors have pathways to spread quickly.


15 posted on 08/26/2026 11:37:30 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: AppyPappy

It took 8 months for my incompetent bitch doctor to schedule scans! I’m assuming that I waited too long.


16 posted on 08/26/2026 11:40:27 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: nickcarraway

Drug that nearly doubles life expectancy.

Good deal

Side note people keep pimping the use of AI but no answers coming for it about cures.


17 posted on 08/26/2026 11:47:19 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: AuntB

Look into ivermectin/mebendazole. Not toxic like chemo. It has gotten pretty good results. My wife had advanced lymphoma. She declined chemo and tried the above combination. In a couple of months, there was no more sign of cancer. Gone. The oncologist was amazed. She now takes a reduced dose a couple of times a week as a preventative.

(My wife is an internal medicine MD)


18 posted on 08/26/2026 11:53:39 AM PDT by Blennos (This is thf times a weeke official Blennos tagline. Thanks to Big Red Badger. )
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To: AuntB

I knew a fellow who had similar bad heredity, and he had his pancreas removed before cancer developed. His brother had died before 40, and his pancreas looked really bad.


19 posted on 08/26/2026 12:01:07 PM PDT by proxy_user
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I just found out yesterday. But I will check into the ivermectin. Thanks. All I know is I am done with local quacks


20 posted on 08/26/2026 12:01:15 PM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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