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NPRs Miles Parks speaks to Luisa Beck, a reporter in Berlin, about her new podcast, Dear Poetry.

Advances are coming to treatments of pancreatic cancer, even as it’s poised to overtake lung cancer as the deadliest type of tumor.

In a novel experiment, a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer saw her tumors dramatically shrink after researchers in Oregon turbocharged her own immune cells, highlighting a possible new way to someday treat a variety of cancers.

In a novel experiment, a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer saw her tumors dramatically shrink after researchers in Oregon turbocharged her own immune cells, highlighting a possible new way to someday treat a variety of cancers. Kathy Wilkes isn’t cured but said what’s left of her cancer has shown no sign of growth since the…

Researchers culled T cells from the woman's blood and genetically engineered them to spot a mutant protein fueling her cancer.

Researchers culled T cells from the woman's blood and genetically engineered them to spot a mutant protein fueling her cancer.

In a novel experiment, a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer saw her tumors dramatically shrink after researchers in Oregon turbocharged her own immune

In a novel experiment, a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer saw her tumors dramatically shrink after researchers in Oregon turbocharged her own immune

Kathy Wilkes, 71, from Florida, went through eight rounds of chemotherapy and an operation after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She eventually signed up for an immune cell treatment.

Another patient who had the same treatment did not survive. But the demonstration of the technique could help with other cancers.