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World Service,3 mins

Breakthrough in Pancreatic Cancer

Newshour

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Scientists have made a game-changing discovery that could help detect early stage pancreatic cancer. The urine test checks for the presence of three proteins and so far is more than 90% accurate. It's important because until now pancreatic cancer was often detected too late to treat. Razia Iqbal spoke to Allison Stunt, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 8 years ago and Professor Nick Lemoine, who's been working on the test: Photo Credit: Associated Press

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