New Pill Doubles Survival for Pancreatic Cancer

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A new pill helps people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer. This is a very important step for this serious disease.

The drug stops a bad protein that makes cancer grow quickly. It helped patients live almost twice as long in a study.

Patients felt less pain and had a better life with this treatment. They stayed on this helpful medicine for a longer time.

This drug should become a new way to treat this cancer. The government will quickly review it for patient use.

Pancreatic cancer is very dangerous and often found late. This new pill offers great hope for future cancer treatments.

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What does the new pill help with?

It helps people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer.

How much longer did patients live with the drug in the study?

Patients lived almost twice as long in the study.

What will the government do with this drug?

The government will quickly review it for patient use.

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