2016 Press Releases

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December 7, 2016 – The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Commends Congress for Passage of 21st Century Cures Act

November 18, 2016 – Mindy Kaling Delivers Hope With Haute-Couture for Pancreatic Cancer

November 1, 2016 – Nation Urged to Shift From Pink to Purple for Pancreatic Cancer, A Disease That Kills More People Annually Than Breast Cancer

October 11, 2016 – Inaugural Chief Medical Officer Joins Pancreatic Cancer Action Network To Lead High-Priority Clinical Initiatives

October 4, 2016 – Revolutionary Clinical Trial Initiative Focuses On Precision Medicine, Collaboration and Data Sharing to Transform Outcomes for All Pancreatic Cancer Patients

September 1, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Announces New Precision Medicine, Early Detection Targeted Grants Among Its 2017 Research Funding Opportunities

September 1, 2016 – Ron Rivera, Head Coach of the Carolina Panthers and NFL Coach of the Year, Takes Down Pancreatic Cancer In Memory of Brother

July 14, 2016 – Promising Early-career Scientists Receive Coveted Pancreatic Cancer Research Grants

July 12, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Welcomes Four Visionary Leaders to Its Scientific And Medical Advisory Board

July 8, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Announces New Chair, Vice Chair and Member to National Board of Directors

Jun 30, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Researchers Receive Prestigious Grants to Tackle Deadliest Major Cancer

Jun 30, 2016 – The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation Gives $1 Million to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network for Immunotherapy Research

Jun 20, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Advocates Unite On Capitol Hill To Urge Congress To Make The Impossible Possible By Increasing Funding For Cancer Research

May 11, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Joins More Than 40 Global Pancreatic Cancer Organizations at Inaugural Meeting

April 25, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Research Study Most Cited Paper from 2014 in The Prestigious Journal Cancer Research

April 14, 2016 – Jason Kuhn, Veteran Automotive Entrepreneur, Rejoins the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Board Of Directors

April 13, 2016 – Chief Research Officer Named at the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

April 6, 2016 – Renewed Research Effort Focuses on “Undruggable” Mutation Found in 95 Percent of Pancreatic Cancers

February 24, 2016 – Pivotal Research Study Identifies Four Subtypes of Pancreatic Cancer

January 19, 2016 – Awareness Needed For Deadly Disease That Claimed Life of Alan Rickman

January 7, 2016 – More Patients Will Die From Pancreatic Cancer than Breast Cancer

January 6, 2016 – Pancreatic Cancer Patients Encouraged to Consider Clinical Trial Enrollment