The National Pancreatic Cancer Project: an update

Abstract

Cancer of the pancreas is now the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States. The diagnosis of this disease is difficult and the therapeutic results are discouraging. Recognizing these factors, the National Cancer Institute has funded the National Pancreatic Cancer Project as of 1 January 1975, in an attempt to stimulate new and more active research in this field at both the basic and the clinical levels. Some of the work that has already been funded by the project is outlined as a means of familiarizing a larger number of people with the activities of this particular National Organ Site Program.