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Promising results for chemo immunotherapy combination against pancreatic cancer
A chemotherapy drip solution hanging by a sunlit window.

Promising results for chemo immunotherapy combination against pancreatic cancer

Penn Medicine researchers find a combination of chemotherapy with an immunotherapy meant to unleash the anticancer capacity of the immune system is effective against pancreatic cancer. The findings also include the identification of immune system biomarkers associated with better outcomes.

Caren Begun

Illuminating lung cancer earlier, at the cellular level
X-ray of a biopsy with a cancerous cell circled in red.

Scan of a patient in the Penn Medicine led-study with a lung nodule, circled in red. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Illuminating lung cancer earlier, at the cellular level

A Penn Medicine study reveals that technology combined with an imaging agent can light up microscopic cancer cells, allowing physicians to see cancer cells not typically visible during a biopsy.

Caren Begun