{"id":10804,"date":"2021-01-15T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/?p=10804"},"modified":"2021-01-15T18:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T18:17:05","slug":"in-the-news-understanding-pancreatic-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/2021\/01\/15\/in-the-news-understanding-pancreatic-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Understanding Pancreatic Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 14, 2021, news broke that Siegfried Fischbacher, famously known as part of the magician duo Siegfried &amp; Roy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/14\/arts\/siegfried-and-roy-siegfried-fischbacher-dead.html\">had died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/services\/pancreatic-cancer\">Pancreatic cancer<\/a>, a gastrointestinal cancer that is caused when cancer cells grow abnormally in the pancreas, was in the news several months ago when Jeopardy game show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/08\/arts\/television\/alex-trebek-dead.html\">Alex Trebek died at the of age 80<\/a> after a nearly two-year battle with the disease.<\/p>\n<p>In this four-part series below, recorded after Mr. Trebek&#8217;s passing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/doctors\/jamin-morrison-md\">Dr. Jamin Morrison<\/a>, Hematologist\/Medical Oncologist with MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, explains four key elements of this cancer diagnosis: what to know, treatment and clinical trials, genetic factors, and family history and screening. You can also learn more about pancreatic cancer in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/2019\/11\/21\/leading-the-way-in-pancreatic-cancer-care-in-south-jersey\/\">this explainer<\/a> from a recent issue of our Health Connections newsletter.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Al5VG42sZOY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4loxEkr-YU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2UGmV-NlhY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fN0iM9Pjr2I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/cancer\">MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper<\/a>, our cancer specialists use the most effective diagnostic methods and the latest research to determine the best treatment plan for you. 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