UNSW researchers find novel way to attack the 'fortress' surrounding pancreatic tumors May 17 2021 Tackling the scar tissue that shields pancreatic tumors from effective drug access is a promising advance in a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer. Dr George Sharbeen and Associate Professor Phoebe Phillips in their lab. Photo: Richard Freeman / UNSW UNSW medical researchers have found a way to starve pancreatic cancer cells and ‘disable’ the cells that block treatment from working effectively. Their findings in mice and human lab models – which have been 10 years in the making and are about to be put to the test in a human clinical trial – are published today in