Research findings from Chiba University, Medical Department update understanding of pancreatic cancer.(Report)

According to a study from Chiba, Japan, "Pancreatic cancer still remains one of the most lethal diseases and establishment of new therapy is needed. The purpose of this study is to find novel factors involved in pancreatic cancer progression by proteomic approach."

"We compared pre- and postoperative serum protein pro. ling obtained from pancreatic cancer patients who had curative pancreatectomy using surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The peak intensity levels of both 6630 and 6420 Da were significantly higher in the preoperative serum than in the postoperative serum (P < 0.002). Sequential amino acid analysis identified …