Patients, doctors hail ‘revolutionary’ new drug for pancreatic cancer

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date May 31, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
Last Updated May 31, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/05/31/pancreatic-cancer-daraxonrasib-early-access-treatment

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Last summer, Megan Chung was given one more year to live. Chung, a mother of three college-age kids from Hinsdale, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 2024. The disease is one of the deadliest cancers. It’s estimated it will kill more than 50,000 people in the United States this year, abo...