On September 15, 2010 it was discovered that there is a drug that can penetrate and attack cells in pancreatic cancer. This was done for the first time ever at Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare. This drug is called ASG-5ME. Daniel Von Hoff, MD said that this drug was designed to kill cancer cells. Apparently pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause in cancer deaths in the U.S., it is also very hard to treat. ASG-5ME is a drug with monoclonal antibody which is found in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer patients. This drug has a monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) which is to selectively kill cancer cells in pancreatic cancer. I personally think this is a fabulous thing because it says more than 36,000 people are expected to die in 2010 to pancreatic cancer alone; imagine all cancers together. I hope somewhere in the future that scientists fid a cure for all types of illnesses especially cancer, because radiation can damage people internally and physically; and thats whats used the most with cancer and you loose your hair from radiation and get very sick from it. So I think anything that would help that doesn't have worse side effects than radiation, that cures, is good.
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