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Covering the health stories that make a difference. Dr Norman Swan and Dr Preeya Alexander dissect the latest and breaking news in the medical world.
The five-year survival rate from pancreatic cancer is only 13 per cent, and one explanation could be late diagnosis.
A consortium of experts has formed to increase survival by improving early detection and screening.
The goal is to increase the 5-year suvival rate to 50 per cent within the next decade.
Guest/s
Dr Diane Simeone, director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health and founder of the PRECEDE Consortium
Professor Andrew Metz, gastroenterologist and director of the Jreissati Pancreatic Centre at Epworth Hospital
References
The Australian Pancreatic High-RIsk ScrEening (APRISE) Study
The Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection (PRECEDE) Consortium
Health Report - Separate stories podcast
Covering the health stories that make a difference. Dr Norman Swan and Dr Preeya Alexander dissect the latest and breaking news in the medical world.
