~~<i id='41350F532D'><strike id='41350F532D'><tt id='41350F532D'><pre id='41350F532D'></pre></tt></strike></i>~~

00:00

00:00 00:00 LIVE

buffering

Replay

knowledge

explore

author：explore 2025-09-03 09:18:49 - browse：1681

Limor Appelbaum, radiation oncologist and a researcher working on the effort to predict pancreatic cancer for early detection, using AI analysis of vast amounts of electronic health records. -- health coverage from STAT — Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Limor Appelbaum has seen too many patients whose first sign of a fatal illness came too late.

Often it’s yellowed eyes from jaundice, caused by a cancerous tumor on the pancreas that has grown so large it presses against the bile duct system. By this point, little can be done. “All we can really offer them is something that can prolong life by a few months,” and comfort care, said Appelbaum, a staff scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Only 11 percent of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are alive five years later.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： Peter Hotez and the public health issue of online harassment
Next article： Medicare inequities exacerbate Puerto Rico’s health disparities

leisure time

hotspot

entertainment

hotspot

focus

entertainment

Illustration:ChristineKao/STAT;Photos:Getty,Adobe,AP,CDCandNIAIDTenweeksaftergovernmentscientistsdis

WSS

Structure Therapeutics oral GLP

Novartis is flashing warning signs about its newly acquired myelofibrosis drug

BD to buy Edwards patient monitoring unit for $4.2 billion

The Readout: Abbvie and Humira, CRISPR in utero, Annovis Bio

STAT wants to know your pick for a great summer read or listen

Why palliative psychiatry is worth discussing

knowledge

explore

leisure time

Alkermes shareholders re

PBM reform efforts get punted in Congress

Medicare proposal to cover medical devices draws a mixed reaction

Obesity drugs seen as possible treatment for liver disease MASH

In Memoriam: Notable people who died in 2023

Congress needs to close a vaccine

Alkermes shareholders re

The most pressing bird flu mysteries scientists want answered

Apple is now the first public company to be valued at $3 trillion

The most pressing bird flu mysteries scientists want answered

hotspot

Ed Silverman on new gene therapies, biosimilars, coffee, and more

New documents shed light on MD Anderson Cancer Institute feud

Medicare inequities exacerbate Puerto Rico’s health disparities

STAT wants to know your pick for a great summer read or listen

With competition flaring, obesity drug hits goal in liver disease study

Ed Silverman on new gene therapies, biosimilars, coffee, and more

entertainment

hotspot

focus

entertainment