April 23, 2013

Pioneering search for pancreatic cancer 'fingerprint' in simple blood test




Pioneering research to investigate whether pancreatic cancer can be detected early through a blood test is to be spearheaded by the University of Leicester thanks to new funding provided by Hope Against Cancer.

Professor Jacqui Shaw, of the Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine at the University of Leicester, is leading the test for a ‘fingerprint’ of pancreatic cancer in the bloodstream, together with Prof M Manson, Dr CP Neal (University of Leicester) and Dr LM Martins (MRC) .