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New study targets Achilles’ heel of pancreatic cancer, with promising results

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Advanced pancreatic cancer is often symptomless, leading to late diagnosis only after metastases have spread throughout the body. Now, researchers have uncovered the role of a signaling protein, called LIF, that may be the Achilles’ heel of pancreatic cancer.