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She's trying to outrun pancreatic cancer. Breakthrough treatments give her hope

Until very recently, pancreatic cancer has been stubbornly hard to treat. Here's why it's been more challenging than other cancers.

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Yuki Noguchi
Yuki Noguchi is a correspondent on the Science Desk based out of NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. She started covering consumer health in the midst of the pandemic, reporting on mental health, vaccination, telehealth, and racial inequities in healthcare.

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