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Scientists hunt early signs of cancer to improve care  view story
Monday, February 27, 2006
David Kohn - - Baltimore Sun
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Pancreatic cancer is relentless: Nearly all of the 30,000 Americans diagnosed annually with the disease die within 12 months. The early symptoms, back pain and indigestion, are so vague that most patients have no idea that they have cancer. By the time it's detected, the disease has usually spread to the point that it is untreatable.
But what if a simple blood test could alert doctors to pancreatic cancer early enough to treat it? Such a test does not exist, but University of Nebraska researcher Michael Hollingsworth thinks he has a solid lead. He has found that the disease increases levels of proteins called mucins.
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