shown by hitting the target accrual
of qualified patients in half the
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The researchers are also collecting AUG. 12, 2017 | BvB
study biomarkers that can possibly COTTON BOWL AT FAIR PARK
samples from patients in the trial to
be used to detect pancreatic cancer
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at an earlier stage. Currently, most
patients are not diagnosed until the
disease is advanced.
All of this work is entirely funded
by philanthropy, specifically a grant
from the Jeanne Shelby Fund for
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Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
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Foundation of Texas. When the
Shelby Fund for Cancer Research at
first met with Baylor Scott & White
researchers two years ago, she said
her desire was to fund a clinical trial OCT. 23, 2017 | GRAND ROUNDS ® GOLF TOURNAMENT
pancreatic cancer patients who had DALLAS COUNTRY CLUB
that would “provide options for
no other options left.”
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Now, nearly two years after her
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donation, preliminary data are
showing that the clinical trial she
funded at Baylor University Medical
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Center at Dallas may help her fulfill
that goal.
For more information on research
initiatives at Baylor, contact
Sarah Burdi at 214.820.4721 or
[email protected].
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